Requiem of Sin - A Mafia Romance

MY

MINUTES

have a 10 A.M. tomo

ng my gaze from the

ing to pretend I'm interested in anything now. Certainly not meeti

look up from her tablet. It's her quietly

third time we've r

hing grimace. "Order a spread for brunch. I don't care as long

rst. "Anticipating an excit

as I'm drained. Thoroughly and irrevocably drained. What I

ward and testify, and we're getting closer to tracking down the location of the false witness whose testimony condemned him to a life sentence. I hired the

as d

retraction of the key eyewitness's testimony, my brother will spe

eyewitness is no

n the idiot banged the gavel against the blatantly obvious, or keeping my hands

yet again, bound in cuffs and reassuring me over hi

again. Unable to protect my own b

rage and despair loose. I didn't even bother changing out of the suit and into workout gear.

't believe in dipping one's pen inside the company's ink. And with the way

sleeping through the afternoon to get some of my energy

and a successful night of bur

ugh the tinted windows, The Meridian's lights sparkle over my

r me, at least. Seeing

headcount

alculations. "Twenty-one escorts working the Main Floor, seven men and fourteen wo

ou like

make sure we incorporate more tomorrow. Fo

a superstitious person, b

uck with

ming gamblers to my establishment. I prefer the high rollers. Nothing like a rich fool with money to los

When you know what your big spenders like, it becomes very easy to tempt them into doing it on camera. And

particular tastes they'd never breathe to their clo

s, too, and tech whizzes, and bad men wi

ederal

s an unexpec

think. "Make sure they're wired. And let's extend VIP hospitality to Mr. Cartwell. Keep him

about at first, but after seeing people stop and take selfies and follow it inside to try their luck at the slots, I decided to keep it. I did

ing next to the car. The door nearly slams into her,

, no foul, and not my

er of my eye. As I do, some faint spark of

murmur to Bambi as I h

ce and shakes her head. "

rm through mine and leans in close so it l

Just thought I

ad, she smiles cordially at the attendants as they open the glass door

into the Main Floor and let the c

o get