The Cost of Saving Him
Every shadow felt like a trap.
When we turned the last corner, headlights flared from the pier. Trucks waited in the mist, black, low, heavy with armor plating. Santo’s men stood in the glow, cigarettes burning bright in the dark.
He stepped out from the center. Older now, thicker around the middle, but still dangerous. Tattoos crawled up his neck like ghosts, and a gold cross hung against his chest. When he saw me, something soft flickered behind his eyes before it vanished again.
“You look just like your father,” he said. “Same eyes. Same mistakes.” He smiled, holding his arms open to me. “He told me to stay away from you,” I said, walking up to him.
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