Couture Criminals
Cheeky owner of a struggling fashion boutique, Poppy Fields dreams of having her designs rocking the couture runways in Paris and Milan. While fantasizing about the glamorous life, her world is about to collide with the devil himself in the form of a dangerous mafia leader, Roman D’Amico, out for revenge for his dead brother. Often mistaken as the future wife of one of Chicago’s most notorious crime bosses, and Roman’s rival gang member, everyone who enters Poppy’s little shop believes they are doing a favor to the Gambino family. When her doppelgänger waltzes into her boutique, the women are shocked to find they look like twins. Leaving her identification behind as a ruse to flee the country, Claudia switches lives with the unsuspecting fashion designer. When Luke Gambino falls for the ploy, he believes Poppy is his runaway bride, forcing her to take on the persona of the real Claudia Ricci. Following the murder of his brother, Roman D’Amico is looking for revenge. When he suspects the Gambinos are behind it, he plots to kidnap the rival gang member’s wife. Unknowing that the women have switched places, Roman kidnaps the wrong couture diva. With Claudia missing, Poppy must keep up the ruse, and convince Roman to keep her alive or fall into the hands of the murderous Gambino family.
Chapter 122
A few days later, Roman, Luke, and Anton had been working nonstop to verify the information the man they held captive had been giving them. It turned out to be true. The man was just doing what he was told under the drugs and brainwashing he had been under. With a visit from Roman's doctor, they managed to use the implant that was removed from the man to do a sting operation, hoping to lure out the Razor. They came up short, but they did find out the man was being tracked when a group of low-level thugs showed up at the place they had hidden the tracking device.
Flopping down in the chair in Luke's living room, Lukested his head back on the recliner. They were exhausted from the last few days. Nonstop work trying to follow leads the man had given them. They were close and they knew it, but nothing solid had come of it yet.