Salvatore dressed in a hurry and barely brushed her lips with a kiss.

"I have to go, darling. I'll try to be back tonight," he said with a soft smile, but Victoria was already vexed.

"Where are you going?" she asked, arms crossed. "You're going to give them a lesson, aren't you?" Her voice broke for an instant.

He merely nodded, downplaying it.

"See you, love. Don't worry about anything. I told you it would be something small." He tried to kiss her again, but Victoria turned her face, letting the kiss land on her cheek.

Minutes later, Salvatore was in a luxurious hotel room across from the police station,...