chapter 15

Emily

Alto scowls but does as he is told, grabbing the two other men and heading out.

Just before they exit, he turns, looks at me, and then at Felix. He asks, “What about her?”

“She works for me now,” says Felix coldly.

“Boss. I ain’t done her background check.”

I feel the panic rise in my heart. What if they need to do a background check?

What if they discover who I really am and find my ID fake, which it is.

“Get out,” says Felix, ending this conversation. I sigh with relief.

Once they are gone, Felix turns to me with an apologetic look.

“I am so sorry about that,” he says softly, putting a hand on my shoulder gently.

“It’s okay,” I say. Felix is scanning my face closely, and I know why.

He wants to see if the violence has made me nervous.

It hasn’t, and why would it?

I grew up in the Battaglia home, surrounded by this sort of stuff all the time.

But I pretend it’s shaken me up because I risk losing more than I gain if I don't.

“Sir,” I say, moving to the man. “Are you alright? Wha