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Linda moved in pretty quickly. I gave her the other guest room—across from Mia’s old one. It felt wrong, handing over something that used to belong to my girlfriend.
She was thrilled to find her old closet empty and ready for use. When I asked Mia if she minded, she just shrugged.
"It wasn’t mine in the first place."
God, this woman.
She agreed to yet another strange arrangement in her life. Even if, deep down, she didn’t want to.
Yeah. Asshole Asher was back in town.
But I wanted to help Linda. She was vulnerable, and I couldn’t leave her alone.
I reached out to my contacts in the police. They were digging into whether the new Capo had any interest in Linda—or if the old one was still chasing her. It seemed unlikely. But with the mafia, nothing’s ever certain.
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