The Mafia's Thirteenth Bride
But I counted them in my peripheral vision the way I counted everything, automatically, without meaning to.
Twelve.
Twelve women in white dresses looking down at the entrance hall.
Mrs. Chen led me up to the third floor and opened a door into a room that made my breath catch. A real bed with four posts and heavy blankets. A fireplace already lit. Curtains that reached the floor. And on the side table, a tray. Soup, bread, a small bowl of cut fruit.
My stomach cramped at the sight of it.
"The bathroom is through there," Mrs. Chen said, moving around the room, adjusting small things. "I'll come by before bed with tea. It helps with sleep, especially the first few nights." She paused beside me
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