Elizabeth's POV
The roads were nearly empty. Only the occasional car passed by, its headlights cutting through the mist, momentarily lighting up the path ahead. I kept my gaze forward, trying not to think too much about how quiet everything was. The stillness made me uneasy. My feet shuffled along the pavement, the only sound being the faint scuff of my shoes.
My thoughts wandered to Dad. The disappointment in his eyes when he realized I knew the truth... that hurt the most. He had always been my hero, the person I looked up to. But now? Now, it felt like I didn't know him at all. They had kept such a huge part of their lives hidden from me, and I couldn't wrap my head around it. Why lie? Why hide the fact that we were part of something so dangerous, so deadly?
*The mafia.* I st
