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

rose completely from the ashes.

The room seemed darker around him.

Men moved when he moved. Phones appeared. Orders sharpened the air like blades.

Then Lily appeared at the top of the staircase wearing pajamas, her Cubs cap tilted crookedly.

“Where’s Emma?”

Everyone froze.

Elena hurried toward her.

“Baby, go back to bed.”

“Where is she?”

Vincent looked at his continue reading …