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

too closely behind her mother. The difference between kindness and danger.

Before anyone could stop her, Lily stepped forward and lifted the pillow.

A tiny packet slid onto the bedspread.

The room fell silent.

It was no larger than a sugar packet, wrapped in translucent film with no label attached. A faint sour chemical odor drifted from it.

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