Chapter 4 — Sophia's Twenty-Year Secret
# The Girl Who Ran Into the Mafia
## Chapter 4 — Sophia's Twenty-Year Secret
Damian slowly stood.
He carried the locket as though it were the most valuable object he had ever touched.
Every man in the room waited silently.
Finally Owen spoke.
"Boss..."
"Who is she?"
Damian looked toward the photograph once more.
"Twenty-one years ago..."
"I was supposed to marry Sophia Bennett."
The guards exchanged stunned glances.
None of them had ever heard Damian speak about a woman.
"She disappeared one week before our wedding."
"The police found nothing."
"Private investigators found nothing."
"Even my own people couldn't find her."
Grace listened quietly.
"My mommy never talked about Boston."
"She always cried when I asked."
Damian knelt again.
"How old are you?"
"Ten."
"When did you last see your mother?"
Grace thought carefully.
"Almost a year ago."
"Daddy said she ran away."
"But..."
She looked down at the locket.
"Mommy hugged me before she disappeared."
"She said if I was ever in danger..."
"...I had to find the man in this picture."
Damian's heart pounded.
Sophia had known.
Somehow...
She had always believed he would still protect them.
