You're mine, brother.
“Keep your voice down.”
“Oh my god… I’m so dead,” I whispered, though my voice betrayed me, rising higher than intended. “All my twenty-four years of living, I’ve never—ever—done anything illegal.” Well, except for the occasional illegal street racing, but that was a hobby, a thrill, nothing like this… nothing compared to the mafia.
“And now I’m living with a criminal?!” I almost shouted, the words tasting bitter on my tongue. “Mama… what were you thinking?”