Fifteen

Although her heels were already terribly sore, Jasmine still could not stop herself from running as fast as she could the minute she heard the van drive off.

He'd let her go. Marcello had released her. She was to speak not a single word of him or anything else to anyone. She was free to go and go for good. Jasmine had been told, conditioned to leave the city and possibly the country with her son for their safety. She'd seen how dangerous Marcello's world was and he'd told her of how dangerous his enemies are: neither she nor her son was safe.

But letting her go was not enough. Marcello had her followed. Until she and him were off the clear, he would not sleep in peace knowing they were around. He needed to make absolutely sure, to the smallest detail, that his love and his son were safe, away from him and his dangerous world.

Jasmine wouldn't stop running. The words of his tongue kept ringing inside her head! She was t