Chapter 350

• VALENTINA
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• “It wasn’t a deal,” I said, my voice low but firm, the words tasting like ash on my tongue. “It was a moment of weakness I never acted on. The night after the doctor gave us the worst news about Luca… I was outside the hospital, barely holding it together. One of Vitale’s men approached me. He knew my name. Knew about Luca. Offered money—enough to cover the transfer, the treatments, everything—if I gave him information about your routines. Your meetings. Anything that could give Vitale an edge.”