The Mafia King's substitute Husband
When the assistant finally packed his pins away, Elias closed the report and set it down.
"Marcus will take the jacket to the tailor's workshop," he said. "There's a fitting on Thursday. Two more after that. The wedding is in twelve days."
"Twelve," I said.
"Twelve." His eyes came up, finally, and rested on me. "Your sister came to see you last night."
It wasn't a question. I wondered, not for the first time, how much of the house he could hear from the top of his hill.
"Yes."