Paulie scrubbed a hand over his face. "Don't make me do this."

My stomach dropped into my toes. "He meant to..."

"...Yeah."

I gave a strangled laugh. "Don't hold out now, Uncle Paulie."

He closed his eyes briefly and swore.

At some point, when I was twelve, Adam got hired for a job. The ultimate score. Paulie didn't know what the gig was, just that over a few months, Adam became withdrawn. One night shortly before my thirteenth birthday, my dad ...