The Night Boss
“Besides… you remind me of someone I once knew. Someone who got lost in this city and was swallowed whole. I won’t let that happen again.”
Rico wanted to believe him. Gods, he wanted to. But there was something in Marquez’s tone—a trace of sorrow, but also of calculation—that made Rico tighten his fists.
The days turned into a routine. Rico ate, slept, and listened. Salvatore spoke often about the city, about the way gangs tangled like vines around its beating heart, each one drawing blood, each one claiming territory. He told stories—half-truths, perhaps—about betrayals, about wars fought in alleys and high-rises, about bosses who rose and fell like the tide.
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