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Despite how I feel inside right now, I make sure no one on the outside can see that. Least of all Maria.
That’s how I thrive in this world.
Grayson is yanking the chains from the wall when I glance over. Luca groans, and I notice blood is pouring from his gut. He’s barely moving.
“Come on, Luca, stay with me for fuck’s sake.” There is a hint of panic in Grayson’s voice as he presses down on Luca’s stomach to stop the bleeding.
“Where is Rosa?” he coughs out weakly.
Grayson glances at me before answering. “She’s safe, Luca.”
A stark reminder why, in this life, you don’t have anyone close enough to rip you apart.
Never again.
“Can you get him out of here?” I call to Grayson.
He taps on his earpiece to Enzo. “Yes. Doc is on the way, too.”
He helps Luca up to his feet, holding him up. The color drains from his face as the seconds pass.
I turn to Maria with fury. She tries to take a step back, but then she pulls her knee back and smashes it straight into my balls.
“Jesus fucking Christ.” I double over and let her wrist go, my gun clattering to the floor.
I see her red fingernails through my blurry vision and she picks up the gun. I force myself upright and groan.
She trembles slightly as she points the gun at Grayson.
Everything seems to stop, her finger twitches over the trigger.
I launch myself at her, snatching her wrist and pulling it towards me.
I hear the gun go off first, then I feel the pain splintering through me.
“Shit.”
CHAPTEREIGHTY-SEVEN
luca
Iblink a few times, waiting for the pain from the bullet to explode through me, but it doesn’t.
“Frankie, are you okay?” Grayson yells from my side.
Frankie shrugs off his jacket, revealing red soaking through his shirt at his shoulder.
He looks down at the blood, and his sights firmly set on Maria. She backs away, throwing her hands in the air as he lifts her up by the throat.
“Get Romano on the phone.”His voice is deep with anger.
She claws at his hands. He laughs in her face and manhandles her to dig into the back pocket of her black, skintight jeans to retrieve her cell.
“Code?”
She snaps her lips together, her face reddening as he increases the pressure.
“Code?”
