A Quiet Kind of Ruin
Then, with iron in his voice, he said, "However, I won't let her go to jail and ruin her life. She's the last of the Jackson family Underboss' line."
He gave a subtle nod to someone nearby.
The Underboss, who had been lurking in the shadows, stepped forward and handed me a piece of paper.
I glanced down to see three bold words at the top: a forgiveness letter.
"Sign it," Roman said flatly, as if he were discussing the weather and not our fate. "Then we can pretend this never happened. When you're back on your feet, we'll still be Hudson City's golden couple."
I stared at the document, then at Roman, who felt both familiar and strangely alien, and a metallic taste rose in my throat.
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