Page 80 of Dirty Big Sins
I untied the ribbon and poured the exquisite gems into my hand. I didn’t need to look at them to ensure they were still here, but I couldn’t seem to help myself. I watched them glitter almost trance-like.
I’d almost lost them more than once and nearly gotten caught on Vincent’s plane when he and Zia had shown up within seconds of my exiting the runway.
Now they were mine. I continued to roll them in my hand watching them sparkle as they moved. I almost wanted to keep them. But every made man from here to Italy and back wanted these beauties. Not to mention the feds.
A soft sigh escaped my lips.
These right here made the impossible even more impossible. He would never understand what I had to do to survive. Which left me with no other choice. I had to forget him after tonight. I gently fed the diamonds back into their bag and secured them once again in my safe.
Tonight, well after midnight when the city that never sleeps slowed to a crawl, he would come for the last time. And I would be waiting on my knees for the last time. It didn’t matter if that thought made me want to cry.
Until I found a way to break free from my deal with the devil, I’d do what any other woman in my position would do—rebel.
Feeling resolute and resigned, I jerked when a knock sounded at my door.
My gaze flew to the window where the sun had not yet completely set. I knew it wasn’t time, but I’d had to check. Agent Rock Reed would never come to my door this early, nor would he knock. I’d also not given access to my private section of this floor to anyone else.
My stomach plummeted. Something didn’t feel right. The hair at the nape of my neck rose and goose bumps erupted across my arms. My instincts were screaming that plans had suddenly changed. The man most likely at my door would not be happy to see me.
Running would be futile and not my style. I straightened my back and crossed the living room to open the door. I’d simply run out of time.
My name is Catherine Novaline Cullotta and I am about to be sacrificed to the mob.
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