Chapter 7 - THE WARNING
Elena was putting Lily to bed when someone knocked on the apartment door.
She froze.
It was nearly eleven.
The guards Dante had assigned were downstairs, but the knock came again, softer this time.
“Mommy?” Lily whispered.
“Stay here, sweetheart.”
Elena approached the door without turning on the hallway light.
“Who is it?”
A woman's voice answered.
“My name is Sabrina. I need to speak with you.”
Elena's stomach tightened.
“How do you know where I live?”
“Because Lorenzo told me. Please, I don't have much time.”
Elena looked through the peephole. A red-haired woman stood in the hallway, holding a small envelope.
Elena did not open the door.
“I’m calling security.”
“Please don't. I came because of the little girl. She's in danger.”
Elena stepped away from the door and called the guard downstairs. Within seconds, footsteps sounded in the stairwell.
Sabrina heard them.
She pushed the envelope beneath the door.
“Give this to Dante Moretti. Tell him I didn't know what Lorenzo planned to do.”
Then she hurried toward the stairs.
The guard caught sight of her at the landing, but she escaped through the rear exit.
Elena picked up the envelope.
Inside was a photograph of Lorenzo meeting a man in a gray coat. On the back, Sabrina had written:
THE MICROPHONE WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING. HE HAS A COPY OF THE MEETING SCHEDULE AND A LIST OF THE PEOPLE YOU'RE MOVING.
Elena read the words twice.
Then she looked at Lily.
The little girl was standing in the bedroom doorway, clutching her rabbit.
“Mommy, is the shiny-ring man coming here?”
Elena pulled her into her arms.
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“No, sweetheart. You're safe.”
But she wasn't sure she believed it.
