The Night Boss
The chandeliers glowed once more, heavy velvet curtains blocked every view from the outside, and a long table stretched across the main hall, laid out not with food, but with files, ledgers, envelopes full with cash, and bottles of imported liquor.
One by one, they arrived.
Inspector Ramírez, a man with a hawk nose and eyes too smart to belong to a friend. Judge Ellington, his shining hair slicked back, face tight with fear inside his arrogance. Senator Valdez, whose speeches on justice had long been financed by dirty pockets. Others too—eight men and three women in total, all powerful in their circles, all dirty enough to know the cost of defiance.
The Boss greeted each not with a handshake
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