If I rejected my family’s way of life, he would be lost to me, and that hurt more than any of the lies I’d been forced to swallow. If I chose to accept him, and therefore, my family, my life would be forever lies. 21 Luca I followed Alessia to her parent’s house on Sunday to learn where they lived but had yet to approach her father. I hadn’t been certain I was going to tell her about her father’s position, but she had forced the issue. Once she had confronted him about his mafia affiliation, I knew it was time to talk to him myself. That had never been a part of the plan, but I’d dug myself in a hole and needed to find a way out. I was about ninety-five percent sure the information I had to offer Enzo would be news to him, which meant there was a five percent chance I was about to get myse
