“THE ELEVATOR WAS LYING.” — The Mafia Boss’s Bodyguards Mocked a Single Mom’s Son… Until His One Button Saved Them All
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Chapter 7 - Shadows from the Past
Not everyone within Roman’s syndicate was thrilled with the sudden rise of a custodial worker and her peculiar son.
Marcus Vance, a ruthless regional syndicate partner who had covertly backed Trent Lawson’s embezzlement scheme, viewed Roman’s new obsession with Meera and Evan as a dangerous weakness. Vance believed that Roman was softening, distracted by domesticity and sentimentality.
One evening, while Meera was reviewing engineering blueprints in her office, a masked intruder slipped past the private security checkpoint on the twenty-first floor. The intruder carried a silenced pistol, intending to eliminate the boy whose ears had disrupted their multi-million-dollar extortion ring.
