Owned By The Mafia Lord
But just as I stood up, something caught my eye—something that didn’t belong.
Carlos had set his phone down on the table earlier, casually, like it was nothing. But now, as the light from the bar hit it, I noticed a crack on the side of the screen, and something inside me froze. It was a deep crack, jagged, cutting across the case and screen protector. And hanging from the back of it, barely noticeable but enough to stop me dead in my tracks, was a small piece of string—red, thin, frayed at the edges.
It was the same string that Sarah had on the bracelet she always wore. The one I’d seen her put on. My heart stopped for a beat, and my throat went dry.
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