Chapter 36

• It's hard to keep track of how many times Noah paced back and forth while waiting for news from the doctor who was busy attending to Anna Maria. Upon learning that his younger sibling had been shot, he paid no attention to his surroundings and immediately rushed her to the hospital in Palermo. He handed her over to the medical team for intensive treatment as soon as possible.
• Giorgino was no different, anxiety evident on his middle-aged face. Just as he had reunited with his daughter, he was confronted with the reality that his youngest child had fallen victim to the cruelty of the Sicilian mafia.
• If you counted, it had been over two hours that the father and son had been waiting outside the operating room. Before long, a female doctor emerged and provided an update on Anna Maria's current condition.