His Maid Called From the Hospital on Christmas Eve Just to Apologize—Then Boston’s Most Feared Mafia Boss Noticed Her Wallet Was Untouched, and Everything Pointed Back Home

The first time my son met his father, he was sitting on the floor of a children’s therapy center arguing with an armed man about…

“Put the cat on the counter.” Maggie Collins tightened her arms around sixteen pounds of silver-gray Maine Coon and stared at the four men who…

My father did not knock like a man asking for help. He knocked like a man collecting something that already belonged to him. Three hard…

“You’re pregnant.” The silver polishing cloth slipped from Emma Walker’s hand and landed beside Margaret Briggs’s shoes. For several seconds, neither woman moved. Emma stood…

THE WAITRESS THEY SHOVED INTO THE POOL WAS LAUGHED AT BY EVERYONE—UNTIL THE CITY’S MOST FEARED MAFIA BOSS PULLED HER OUT, CALLED HER HIS FIANCÉE,…

My father never slammed doors when he destroyed my life. He did not shout. He did not threaten anyone where witnesses could hear him. He…