His obsession, p.9
His Obsession,
p.9
He would have had to be an idiot not to remember. And Joseph Rossi was no idiot.
I also didn’t have to ask to know that those wheels in his mind were already turning, trying to figure out how to get out of this new mess he’d made. Probably trying to figure out whether he could use me and our old relationship to help him.
I had just hit the street, my thoughts on how I was going to protect myself from any further run-ins with him, when I saw the paper the kid in front of the courthouse was holding up for sale.
Gangland Shooting, it read. Head of a Family Killed in Drive-by Shooting, His Wife Falling Right After Him!
My feet froze to the ground, the thoughts that had been expanding in my head popping with a large thwack, and I rushed to grab the paper from the boy, throwing a bill at him in exchange.
I jerked the paper to my face, my eyes already flying over the text of the story, my heart hammering against my ribs like I might actually be having a heart attack.
Which could actually be true, some distant part of my brain told me. Or a stroke. It could definitely be a stroke.
Because my dad was head of one of the biggest families in gangland. And I hadn’t heard from him in a fucking week, despite repeated calls, emails, and texts.
So when I was rushing through the text of that story? Yeah, I was doing it for one reason.
I was looking for my mom and dad’s names, and praying to God that I didn’t see them there.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Quinn Marlowe is a fan of red wine, cheesecake, perfect hash browns, and really good punk rock. She’s also obsessed with everything piratical—though she refuses to admit any actual connection to pirates. She studied English and Film at UCLA and, when forced to choose a career, chose publishing rather than teaching or being a film maker. Quinn lives in San Diego with her husband, dogs, and far too many cats, plus a few horses and whatever other animals turn up.
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Mafia Rogues is Quinn’s first series, though she hopes it will be followed by many more.
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