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

a dream or perhaps a memory.

Elena turned toward the sound.

“She loves you.”

Vincent closed his eyes.

Those words hit harder than any bullet ever had.

“I love her,” he said. “More than my life.”

“I know.”

And for the first time, she sounded as though she truly believed him.

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