"The finest doctors in the world had told everyone that the mafia boss would never walk again, so nobody paid attention to the housekeeper’s little daughter. But while everyone laughed at the child’s innocent daily ritual, the girl unknowingly discovered a secret that could destroy the Rinaldi empire forever.
Nina reached into the small pocket of her cotton dress.
Her tiny fingers grasped the smooth white pill she had found on the library carpet.
The late afternoon sun caught the powdery surface of the mysterious medicine.
Carla turned away from the kitchen sink and dried her roughened hands on a towel.
She looked down and noticed her daughter staring intently at her little palm.
"What do you have there, my sweet angel?" Carla asked with a gentle smile.
Nina held up the pill and explained that the doctor had dropped it from his coat.
Carla frowned, immediately recognizing that this was not one of Massimo's usual painkillers.
The pill had no identifying numbers or markings on it whatsoever.
A cold wave of dread washed over the housekeeper's spine as she took the medication.
She wrapped it carefully in a napkin and shoved it deep into her apron pocket.
Something felt terribly wrong about Dr. Hale and his secretive visits to the mansion.
Carla decided she needed to uncover the truth before someone got hurt.
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She kissed Nina on the forehead and told her to go play in the garden.
Tonight, Carla would take a dangerous risk to protect the man who had always treated them kindly.
