Chapter Fifteen
Miami, Florida
The unpleasant smell of cigarette smoke filled the air. The heavy-set man leaning against the side of the car lifted the butt of the almost finished cigarette to his mouth. He drew in one last breath before he dropped the remains to the ground and stepped on it.
Vladimir Mirvo, pulled a handkerchief from the front pocket of his black trousers and wiped his brow. An expression of irritation swept across his face. Why anyone would want to live in such a godforsaken place was beyond him. Here it was winter, and he was sweating his ass off.
He straightened when he heard the squealing of tires as a car turned into the otherwise empty parking lot of a building under construction. The car pulled up beside his.
“Vlad?” the man called above the rumble of the engi
