CHAPTER 20 JANUARY 1, GREENBRIAR If it had been up to him, he would have chosen a location that didn’t have quite so many breakables. Eli stood in the middle of his living room, watching one of Russo’s goons—the one he referred to as Goon #2—smash up his stuff with a baseball bat, while the other one, Tony, counted the envelope full of bills to make sure it was all there. “Boss said to make sure you understood about the late-payment fee.” “You mean besides the twenty-percent interest you were already charging me?” Eli brought his arm up to cover his eyes as his glass coffee table shattered and tried to stay out of the way of the flying shards. “The interest covers the late fee on the money. The rest of what that b***h took? The late fees on that will continue to escalate until it’s r

