Alessandro POV
He pushed open the motel room door, relieved that they could sleep in a bed for the night. They’d been the one to win on of Gina’s games tonight, and they wanted to celebrate by renting a room.
It was just a temporary solution though, they were running out of money—again. He couldn’t wait to end this—to clear his name. To go back home, to restore his empire. His father’s empire.
For the first time since his murder, Alessandro let his mind drift to his father. He’d had a complicated relationship with the man. As a child he’d looked up to his father—until that moment when he’d been forced to watch his father torture a man. He’d cried after and his father had beat him, telling him he needed to man up. Since that moment, a tiny tinge of hate had formed in his heart, but it o
