Present Day
I finished my coffee and glanced over at Nolan. He stared at me in horror. “Jesus, that’s beyond f****d up.”
“Yeah, it is.” I tapped my fingers on the table. “It took two years to take down Uncle Pano, but God, it had felt so f*****g good to see his white-as-a-sheet face when he was arrested. No one ever figured out that I was the mole. I was arrested along with everyone else when the FBI showed up, since it was part of my cover. They locked Pano and his buddies away for life, without parole. I’d heard rumors of a reward for taking down Pano Doukas’ organization, but I’d been too busy trying to survive and protect Dimitry to think about it.”
I leaned back in my chair. “Turns out, the rumor was true. Once our ordeal had ended, Dimitry and I took the money and ran. We kept a l
