LITTLE GIRL SOLD HER BICYCLE SO HER MOM COULD EAT — THEN A MAFIA BOSS DISCOVERED WHO HAD DESTROYED THEIR LIVES

clearly didn’t know who he was—or maybe she was simply too desperate to care.

“How long since your mother ate?” Viktor asked.

The girl lowered her eyes toward the wet pavement.

“A few days… I think,” she whispered. “Ever since the men came.”

Viktor’s eyes narrowed.

“What men?”

She glanced around nervously as if afraid someone might overhear.

“The ones who continue reading …