Never Cross the Mafia Don's Hidden Lover novel · Chapter 20 of 32

Chapter 20: Key Card

"Dr. Cerrato? Are you there?"

I was there.

I was looking at the burned C on my sign through the front window.

"Did he pay full price?" I asked.

The bank officer coughed.

"I'm not able to discuss the terms."

"Thank you," I said, and hung up.

Dina was standing in the doorway with a bag of saline in each hand.

"Vittore owns my loan," I told her. "If I miss July eighth, he owns my building."

I had three days before the annulment hearing and nine before Vittore got my father's clinic.

I couldn't do anything about the nine.

So I did something about the three.

On Tuesday night I drove downtown to the Arden.

The night manager in the burgundy vest saw me come through the lobby and went pale, then pink.

"Are you here to cry again?"

"No. I'm here to ask for something you're allowed to give me."

I told him what Trent had sworn.

One-thirty in the morning.

The bride came back to the suite.

He'd let her in.

"Our locks keep a log," he said. "Every card. And every time the door opens from inside."

"Can a guest have the log for her own room?"

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