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121: BUILT BY CHOICES
Liam's POVI spent the next two hours driving through the city looking for any sign of Sarah or David but came up empty at every turn.I checked the places we'd been together and the areas where she'd said the Ndrangheta had chased her but found nothing except empty streets and closed storefronts.It was like she'd disappeared completely and taken every trace of her existence with her.My phone buzzed with a message from Claire asking if I was coming to the office tomorrow and I saw an opportunity to get information without seeming too desperate. I called her back and kept my voice casual when she answered."I might stop by in the morning," I said while turning down another street that looked promising but turned out to be another dead end. "By the way have you seen Sarah around?""No," Claire replied immediately. "Why would I have seen her?""Just wondering," I said quickly. "She mentioned she might go out earlier and I wanted to make sure she got back safely.""I haven't seen her an
120: ALLIES AND ENEMIES
Liam's POVI stood in that hospital hallway for what felt like hours but was probably only a few minutes while my mind worked through every possible solution to the problem Claire had just dropped on me.The Rossi shares being withdrawn would destroy the company's stability and once that happened everything else would start falling apart like dominoes lined up in a row.The first thing I needed to do was talk to Mr. Rossi's twin directly and see if there was any way to negotiate with him.Maybe he'd accept something other than my complete surrender of leadership or maybe I could find leverage that would make him reconsider his strategy. It was worth trying even if the chances of success felt slim.I pulled out my phone and scrolled through my contacts until I found the number for the Rossi family estate.Someone answered on the second ring and I asked to speak with Mr. Rossi. There was a pause and then a voice I recognized from earlier came on the line."I was wondering how long it wo
119: THE CHOICES THAT SHAPES US
Liam's POVThe man standing in front of me looked almost identical to the Mr. Rossi except for subtle differences that became more obvious the longer I stared at him.His face had the same sharp angles and his eyes were the same color but there was something different about the way he carried himself like he'd lived a completely separate life from the man I thought I knew."I'm not the Mr. Rossi you're thinking of," he said and his voice was smooth and cultured in a way that suggested expensive education and years of practice commanding rooms full of people. "I'm his twin brother."My brain struggled to process that information because Vincent had never mentioned anything about Mr. Rossi having a twin and that felt like the kind of detail someone would bring up when talking about their dead father.Unless Vincent didn't know or unless this was some elaborate con designed to get me to lower my guard."What do you want?" I asked while keeping the gun pointed at him even though I'd lower
118: AGAINST ALL ODDS
Liam's POVEverywhere was utterly silent between us and I watched Sarah's face move from resignation to confusion as she processed what I was about to say.The room had gone quiet after the vote with everyone waiting to see what would happen next and I could feel the weight of thirteen pairs of eyes on me while I made a decision that would either cement my authority or destroy it completely."No," I said and my voice came out stronger than I felt inside.Sarah's eyes went wide and her mouth opened slightly like she couldn't believe what she was hearing.The surprise on her face was genuine because she'd walked into this meeting expecting to die and had made peace with that outcome somewhere between my penthouse and this room.Vincent stood up so fast his chair scraped across the floor with a sound that made everyone flinch. "What do you mean no?""I mean I'm not letting you execute her," I replied while keeping my posture relaxed even though every muscle in my body was tensed for a fi
117: IN THE END
Liam's POVVincent moved toward Sarah like he was going to grab her arm and drag her inside his house but I stepped between them again because I could see in his eyes that leaving her here would be a death sentence that just happened slower than a bullet."She's staying with me," I said while keeping my voice firm."That's not smart, Liam." Vincent replied and his jaw was still tight with barely controlled anger. "I can keep her secured here until the meeting.""Secured," I repeated and let the word hang in the air between us. "That's just another way of saying you'll make sure she doesn't survive long enough to face the vote."Vincent's face darkened but he didn't deny it and that told me everything I needed to know about what would happen to Sarah if I left her in his care. "She killed my brother.""I know," I said. "But if we're going to do this the right way then she needs to be alive for the meeting and I don't trust that she will be if she stays here."Vincent stared at me for a
116: STAYING ALIVE IS ALSO RISKY
Liam's POVI looked at Sarah standing there with that cardboard box and wondered if she'd heard my entire conversation with Vincent or just caught the tail end of it when she appeared behind me.Her face gave nothing away and I couldn't tell if she knew I'd been talking about her or if she was genuinely just explaining why she'd climbed out a window very early in the morning.But what really got to me was the logistics of how she'd managed to escape from a penthouse that was twenty floors up with a small child in tow and come back without a single scratch or bruise on either of them.The fire escape only went down so far and after that there would have been a significant drop to the alley below unless she'd found some other route I didn't know about."How did you get down from the twentieth floor with David without getting hurt?" I asked while gesturing toward the building behind me.Sarah shifted the box to her other hip. "This isn't the first time we've had to leave a building quick
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