Frustration

Vincenzo’s POV

I didn’t sleep.

I sat in the dark beside Silvia, staring at the ceiling while the city lights shifted against the glass. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Rocco being led towards that car.

Five seconds.

I'd been five seconds from losing everything.

At 3:17 a.m., I gave up pretending.

By 3:45, I was underground.

The operations floor hummed softly with low power lighting. Very few pe