THE MAFIA BOSS WAS SURROUNDED BY DOCTORS AS HE DIED—UNTIL AN 8-YEAR-OLD MAID’S DAUGHTER CHECKED UNDER HIS PILLOW AND EXPOSED WHAT HIS FIANCÉE HAD BEEN HIDING THERE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

almost sadly. “That’s what scares me.”

He deserved that.

He deserved far worse.

The following morning, Vanessa Vale sat in the east sitting room wearing a cream-colored suit and the expression of a woman unused to hearing the word no.

Marco stood near the door.

Across from her, Vincent’s attorney, Paul DeLuca, placed documents on the coffee table.

Vanessa continue reading …