Truth is, there weren't even any bullets in my gun at all.“You think I’d use a baby as bait? Do you even hear yourself, Keigh?” She raised her voice. What she did next knocked the air out of my lungs. She lunged forward, seizing the barrel of my gun and forcing it against herself. Her hands gripped on it like iron fist, determined to rather have the bullet through her than risk it pointing anywhere else. The baby wailed between us, caught in the crossfire neither of us wants to lose.And still, I didn’t lower the weapon. Not now…“When I’m tasked to kill someone, I do it using my bare hands. I do not need any set-ups to prove I can take a life.” Her eyes burned in fury. “You disgust me, Russo. For a moment, I actually thought we were on the same side out there.”I pulled the trigger.The click sounded small, almost like a whisper. Isabella froze, then the realization slid across her face.“Mafias, assassins, of all kinds, always had the same rule. Never ever use or take lives othe
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