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Greg Harris had been calling relentlessly until I changed my number Luckily, Cristian hadn’t asked why I did

I knew the proble to disappear, that I’d have to face up to hio away quietly But I’d deal with it later When I was Cristian’s wife

Or I had planned to, until my ‘visitor’ walked into my office

I surged out ofaround my desk to shut the blinds, as if ithere?” I hissed “Cristian could be having the office watched You could be signing my death sentence”

Lucia showeddried on that, Sienna It is the date that re a Catalano will kill you”

“Thank you for that warning, but I airl And I’ve made my decision”

Lucia regarded“You have And you have to live with that But be aware, Sienna Death could co down He no longer has anything left to lose”

I narrowed my eyes “Is that a threat?”

Lucia shook her head “Though I want to see nothing more than the entire Catalano fae I have a lot left to lose So consider this a friendly warning The last one you will ever get from me”

She gavemy office

It seeot home

Cristian was out Doing what, I didn’t knoould ask later And he would tell me Such was the nature of our relationship now He had shared al advice froiven s that would take the whole family down if I wanted them to

But I didn’t Not anymore

Not even with Lucia’s warning ringing in etbells and warning lights confir it I would take care of the situation; I could handle him But I had to be proactive I couldn’t wait for hiet o to Cristian first Or worse, Sofia, Marco, or that vile Dominic who I liked less and less the more he was around And he was around often As were the rest of the circle of men Cristian surrounded himself with

Felix was always there, of course Watching, rarely speaking