Chapter 147 —18 in two weeks

Narrator:

The next day, Roman dialed Dominic's number and didn't have to wait more than two rings.

“Damn, did something happen to you?” he replied with concern, attentive to what his friend might be going through.

“Relax, Dom, I just want to ask you something.”

“What do you need?”

“I need you to bring Eros to see me.”

A heavy silence crossed the line.

“Eros? Are you serious?”

“Absolutely.”

“Roman... he's a boy. He's barely seventeen.”

“He'll be eighteen in two weeks,” he replied firmly. “He's not a child anymore, Dominic. It's time for him to start toughening up. Remember that at that age, our hands were already stained red, and not with ink, exactly.”

“Don't bring him into this,” Dominic growled. “He has nothing to do with it.”

“He has something to do with Aylin. And that makes him part of everything, but don't worry, I'm not going to turn him into a hitman or get his hands dirty, but I have to ask him something,” Roman cut in. “And it's not a conversation