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

trusted his legs again.

“What were you thinking about?”

She brushed her fingers along the edge of the pillow.

“That something bad was hidden here.”

“Yes.”

“And nobody saw it.”

“No.”

“But Duke smelled it. And I saw it.”

“You did.”

She turned toward him.

“Maybe bad things stay hidden because grown-ups are too busy being important.”

Vincent chuckled softly, then continue reading …