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

“Hey,” he said gently. “You okay?”

She nodded.

“I was just thinking.”

“That can be dangerous.”

She shot him a look.

“Dad.”

The word stopped him cold.

She had begun saying it two weeks earlier.

Not every time.

Not when she was upset or tired.

But sometimes, unexpectedly, like a gift placed in his hands without warning.

He leaned against the doorframe until he continue reading …