Russell
Staring out into the rainy night from the inside of the restaurant where I was eating my dinner, I saw the man staring directly at me. It was that mafia family. I had moved into a hotel a few days ago to keep myself safe but they found me. Danger hung in the air, thick and suffocating, as the weight of years spent in silence came crashing down. Alejandro’s grip tightened around everything that mattered to me- his empire growing as mine crumbled. Escape wasn’t a matter of if, but when. Every carefully orchestrated move had been a gamble, one that could either ruin him or seal my fate. But the game was on, and I would outsmart him before he could destroy me.
Wasn’t I succeeding? I thought so until just now when I caught sight of the man watching me eat. His movements suggested he w
