THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WALKED PAST SEVEN ARMED MEN TO ASK CHICAGO’S MOST FEARED MAFIA BOSS WHY HER MOTHER WASN’T PAID
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Chapter 10 - My Father Finally Called—and His First Words Were Not What I ExpectedThe phone rang at 2:13 a.m.
Vincent answered.
Nobody spoke.
Then a man's voice whispered:
“Is Rory there?”
I recognized it immediately.
“Daddy?”
Silence.
Then:
“Rory?”
I grabbed the phone.
“Daddy!”
Mom began crying.
Vincent looked away.
My father was alive.
He told us he had been hiding because Thomas Vale had threatened Mom and me.
He had spent four years building a case.
“I should have come home,” he said.
“Why didn't you?”
“I thought staying away kept you safe.”
I hugged Mom.
Then I asked:
“Are you coming home?”
He didn't answer.
That scared me.
Finally he said:
“Soon.”
But the call suddenly ended.
Vincent looked at the phone.
“Trace it.”
His men moved immediately.
They found the location.
Chicago.
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Only fifteen miles away.
My father had been hiding all this time.
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Chapter 11 - Thomas Vale Took My Father—And Left One Message for VincentDaniel never made it to the safe house.
Chapter 12 - The Three Purple Stars Led Us to an Abandoned Train StationThe stars pointed to three locations.
Chapter 13 - The Truth About My Mother's Seventy-Seven Days Finally Came OutThe investigation revealed everything.
Chapter 14 - Vincent Kane Gave Me the One Thing Money Could Never BuyVincent came to our bakery opening.
Chapter 15 - The Little Girl Who Walked Past Seven Armed Men Changed Three Lives Forever — THE ENDOne year later, I stood behind the counter of Seven Stars Bakery wearing a red apron.
