PREGNANT CASHIER’S HUSBAND DESTROYED HER PHONE SO SHE COULDN’T CALL FOR HELP—HE HAD NO IDEA A MAFIA BOSS WAS WATCHING FROM AISLE THREE

Moretti meant restaurants with impossible reservations, construction firms that won contracts too easily, black cars parked outside courthouses, and favors that cost more than money.

Elena’s hand tightened protectively over her stomach.

“You’re…”

“Not the man you need to be afraid of tonight.”

“That’s not an answer.”

“No,” he said. “It isn’t.”

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