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

I see her?”

“She’s conscious only intermittently. She’s frightened. She specifically told us no visitors.”

The words struck him cleanly.

No visitors.

Not no strangers.

No him.

“She knows I’m here?” he asked.

“Yes.”

Cormack looked past the doctor toward the sealed doors.

For nine months, he had imagined Brin somewhere else. Safe because he was gone. Angry, maybe.continue reading …