SHE PRETENDED TO BE A BAD GIRL TO ESCAPE A BLIND DATE — BUT THE MAFIA BOSS SAW THROUGH HER IN MINUTES

stood under hot water until the dark lipstick ran down the drain and cigarette smoke left her hair.

Even then, when she caught her reflection, she looked too much like the woman from dinner and not enough like the one who tied ribbons around funeral arrangements in the morning.

Sleep came late and badly.

Twice, she woke to rain.

Once, to Silven’s last continue reading …