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He releases her momentarily and then flicks open a blade, pressing it against her throat.
“123193.”
“Maria, is everything okay?” Romano’s voice has me grinding my teeth.
“Daddy, help!” she screams. Frankie nudges the knife in further, enough for blood to start to trickle down the steel.
“Romano.”His voice is calm.
There’s a pause. “Frankie. What’s going on?”
“I’m about to rip your world apart, Romano. Just like you did to me.”
“I don’t understand. You worked for me for years.”
Frankie’s deep laugh booms through the room.
“You really are clueless. I never came to you to pay Marco’s debts. I was planning my revenge.”
“For what?”
“That explosion didn’t just kill Carla and Rita. No, it also killed my girlfriend and unborn child.”
Maria’s eyes go wide as the line goes silent.
“Nothing to say?”Frankie yells into the line.
“I didn’t know.”Romano’s reply is so quiet I can barely hear him.
“Well, now you do, and now you’re going to fucking pay. Starting with Maria’s life. And then I’m coming for you. I won’t stop until your whole world explodes around you. Now say one last goodbye to your precious daughter.”
“Frankie, no, please don’t do this. We can figure something out. I’ve already lost both sons,” Romano pleads.
“Daddy!” Tears roll down her face. I feel no sympathy for her. She did this to herself.
“You wasted your last chance of saying goodbye. I’ll see you very soon, Romano.”
Frankie cuts the call, throwing the phone across the room before turning his attention back to Maria.
“I’ll see you in hell, sweetheart.”
He slides the knife across her neck from one side to the other in a swift motion. Her face pales as she splutters her final breaths.He holds her up until all the life is drained from her. Then he smiles.
He tosses the body to the ground. I follow his eyeline to Eva, face down on the floor in a pool of blood.
“Grayson, I’m going to need you to get this bullet out of me.” Frankie doesn’t look up from his niece, his face completely neutral.
“Let’s get back to the truck. I’ll do it there.”
My legs are heavy as we walk through the warehouse. It takes every remaining bit of strength I have to lift my feet off the ground.
“Where is Rosa?” I manage to choke out, just three words leave my lungs on fire.
“She’s in the truck with Keller,” Grayson grunts with my arm around his shoulders.
She’s here?
The light burns my eyes. A sea of red covers the parking lot. The bodies of men are everywhere.
