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

fogged and cleared with every shallow breath. Beneath the blanket, the unmistakable curve of a full-term pregnancy rose like a cruel miracle.

Brin.

Brin Holloway.

The bartender from his club.

The woman who once slept with her hand resting over his heart as if she trusted it completely.

The woman he had looked in the eye nine months earlier and told, “You continue reading …