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PART I
PRESENT DAY
1
Lars
Second chances.
We all want them.
In life…
Family…
Money…
Love.
Some of us have a whole list of If Onlys that we wish we could go back and change.
I certainly did.
But here’s the thing about second chances:
Even if you get it, the outcome isn’t guaranteed.
And if the thing you want nearly destroyed you the first time…
There’s a good chance it’ll finish the job the second time around.
I should know.
Losing her the first time nearly killed me.
And now that she’s back in my life…
I might have to kill her.
2
Istared at the pictures on my phone: closeups of five dead men on the ground.
Most were vaguely Slavic-looking. A couple had bullet holes in their foreheads. All of them stared out into nothingness, their eyes defocused and their features slack.
I knew the look. I’d certainly seen it enough over the years.
Massimo had sent the pictures along with the text, Just attacked by these assholes. Can you find out who they are.
He had left just that morning to meet with the Widow, the head of the Cosa Nostra family that ran Venice – and already things had gone sideways.
Bad shit happened fast in the mafia.
That had been one of the very first things I’d learned.
I texted back, Are you okay????
The extra question marks were an uncharacteristic flourish on my part, but I was legitimately shocked – which didn’t happen often.
