THE MAFIA BOSS WALKED INTO THE HOSPITAL WITH HIS NEW LOVER-THEN FROZE WHEN HE SAW THE WOMAN HE ABANDONED DYING WITH HIS CHILD

But on paper, in the clean and merciless world of forms and signatures, he was nothing.

“I’m the father,” he said at last.

The nurse looked up.

Something flickered across her face—not surprise exactly. More caution.

“Do you have identification?”

Cormack removed his wallet and placed his driver’s license on the counter. The nurse examined it, typed something continue reading …