MISSION

we have a job tonig

n are you going to stop doing h

efano said, c

the room. Luca's eyes met

ething else. But in the end, he

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tonight," Stefano step mother

ther didn't tell me

tell you? You're too much of a coward to ever

ut

im off. "You need to get out there and enjoy

like Stefano, I'm not confiden

and go. Follow them, and see what the

ted to protest, but h

e said, her voice fir

he nodded. "Okay," he said,

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e dimly lit hall, their faces shadowed by

a mission tonight," Ja

tefano didn't tell me

you, exactly?

tably "I'm just... I

ne taunted, rai

f the mobster who was listening to their conversation

t into laughter, but Amy

g with anger. "I'm not just some toy for h

her eyes. "We all know the truth

tter," One of the mobste

stepped inside. "The mission has been postponed,"

group, but they knew better than to question Stefano. He was

ons?" Torres said As He entered the room, his h

ly the enforcer, not the

the authority to make decisions in Father's absence," he

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body trembling with exhaustion. Blood stained her clot

her voice hoarse from crying. Her breaths came in short, ragged

ena's mind like a nightmare. She remembered the happy scene that had been unfolding in her fam

ns drawn. She remembered the fear that had gripped her as she watc

ed next came flooding back, and

it was no use. And then she remembered th

tears falling from her eyes, but she made no sound

ilently, as the world arou

as she remembered the face of

the tattoo on his arm, a symbol she would never forget. And she heard

e in a hoarse whisper. "I will kill him," she said, h

y sound she could make. She was too

broken and alone, and swear th

, her resolve growing stron

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