C106 HELEN MONTANARI

The line went abruptly dead, plunging Jimmy into silence so loud, he could only hear his heart drumming wildly.

Scrubbing both hands over his scarred face, he peeped through the cracked blinds out the window with red eyes.

Just a few hours earlier, he’d dreamed of the payout awaiting him once Rosalia was delivered to the anonymous client.

Now