Chapter 25: ReformationCHAPTER 25
REFORMATION
Delaware Department of Correction, Smyrna, Delaware—13 Years Ago
When Mamma Rosa died, it devastated me. Each day pushed me beyond limits I thought were impassable. There were days when I felt great, dreamt of a getting out and starting a new life with Angie. But they tended to be overshadowed by the concerns that she wouldn’t be waiting for me, or—even worse—that the baby wasn’t mine. On the good days I clung to the words she wrote in her letter. ‘Find me, Niccolo Fusco. Damnit, you better.’ But on other days, I hated her, cursed her for leaving me here, so lonely.
I fought it every day, but I was losing the battle. Two weeks after the funeral, I got into a fight in the yard and almost killed a guy. After that, I did begin a new life. Trai
