pte

my command. His face, though impassive, held an uns

holster. "Make sure my uncle doesn't find out. I want t

ded. "Un

eting his gaze. "Make s

e liked it when I played the long g

elt lighter. I had a name. Vincenzo Lombardi. It was no longer just a

...

astening the collar of my white coat. My hands

the usual politics and scandals were displayed on the screen unti

arly today near the docks in

ngs may be linked to the infamous 'Red Reaper' serial kil

s to believe the suspect is a woman. It has also been discovered that her victims are

e murder,the suspect may believe to be

orities at the moment, but the underworld is already in conf

di would soon be able to sense it. With all the breadcrumbs I had left for him. He mi

d my bag and went to the hospital s

...

hed suturing my last patient. Surgery had always been a way to calm my mind, to focus on something other

way out of the OR, removing my gloves. "There's

ow. "What kind of

he surgery in the patient's home. In light of your tra

incredulous. "Wh

t the file. "Ale

iar. Some rich busine

have better things

is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the

heading into my office. "I'

really couldn't argue, I made the most money for the h

octor to some spoiled rich kid, not when I had real work to do. I like my job but I didn't go

a twisted s

efore my boss rapped on

aced back to my mafia family, especially with my quest for revenge. Only a number of peop

t told you, I wa

is is different. He requested

spoken sent a shiver running down my spine. My su

anding up. "Let's

and into one of the hospital's private consultation rooms. There were two men waitin

the

nearly

m reacting. From having my body stiffe

a thousand times in the last 12

to his throat, terror in his eyes, specters

with my boss standing over me, not realizin

that a war was raging beneath my skin. "This is Mr.

se, he was enormous, tall and broad shouldered, the kind of statur

ut on a civil smile. "A

longer than necessary before

I kept my tone light. "I thoug

n pleasant but gaze sharp. "When I requi

He had no idea he was le

side. "And what do you

quire someone first rate and completely discree

t he told the men who

er have to step foot in a hospital for the duration of

ke the sale for me. "It's a

erfect. Th

You obviously don't take no for an answer ,so in t

idea that by doing so he had lo