CLAIMED BY THE MAFIA DON
The house next door was beautiful, and I’d always wondered who could afford something like that on a quiet street like ours.
Her name, I eventually found out, was Dana. And she lived next door. Still, I kept to myself. I didn’t know who was watching. Who was reporting back to Luca? Or to Asher. Or to someone else I didn’t even know existed. I couldn't afford to make friends. Not real ones.
I did see Dana at school often, sometimes near Leon’s class, sometimes chatting with other parents. She always had her daughter with her, and that only made it harder to figure her out. Was she just a parent? Or was she a teacher too?