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“You don’t belong here.”
The elevator guard stood arms crossed, blocking her way. She tried to put on her most dumbfounded face, but ended up looking like a child caught in the cookie jar. She raised a squirt bottle.
“I was told there was a cleanup?”
He shook his head.
“The Don said all youse staff was supposed to stay far away from his daughter’s party.”
Standing awkwardly in her ill-fitting maid outfit, she only now noticed how con. . .
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“You don’t belong here.”
The elevator guard stood arms crossed, blocking her way. She tried to put on her most dumbfounded face, but ended up looking like a child caught in the cookie jar. She raised a squirt bottle.
“I was told there was a cleanup?”
He shook his head.
“The Don said all youse staff was supposed to stay far away from his daughter’s party.”
Standing awkwardly in her ill-fitting maid outfit, she only now noticed how con. . .
’The Rome Heist’ is the instigating event in the past that guides the events in the present day of our story.
A little discussion on the author process. Originally the comic and the novel started in the past with this heist, with the intent of all events happening in chronological order. The idea was to start with the prologue prior to the rest of the book.
The prologue introduced characters who are only hinted at in the rest of the chapters, providing the context. . .