THE LITTLE GIRL ASKED TO SIT WITH A STRANGER—BUT HER MOTHER NEVER EXPECTED THE MAFIA BOSS TO RECOGNIZE HER FACE

Two pink lines.

She decided that same hour to tell him.

She took a taxi toward his apartment on Charles Street.

On the way, the driver had a Boston Globe folded on the passenger seat.

Shooting at North End restaurant. Vance heir survives. Two bodyguards dead.

Her eyes found the photograph before her mind caught up.

The face she had kissed two weeks before.continue reading …