THE MAFIA BOSS SLAPPED A SHY WAITRESS OVER A STOLEN WATCH — THEN SHE CALLED HER FATHER AND HE REALIZED HE HAD HIT THE WRONG GIRL

then he struck me across the face.”

The silence from the phone was absolute.

It was not shock.

It was countdown.

Dominic scoffed and leaned toward the speaker.

“Listen here, old man. Your daughter is a sticky-fingered little rat. My name is Dominic Salvatore, and you owe me three million dollars, or I’m taking her in pieces.”

The voice on the line did not continue reading …