To discover that you had been living in a huge deception your whole life — born tainted with filthy mafia blood, their lies, and their rules — wasn’t something easy for the good in you to accept.
I hugged Angelo all night, his scent soothing me. I was scared and insecure about what was coming in the future.
Papa told me about my parents. He said they had enemies, and he was worried about my safety and Angelo’s safety. There was something hidden in his words — maybe more secrets he wasn’t ready to share — but I was relieved when he didn’t say anything else.
My heart wouldn’t bear more…
I wished, that day when Luca and Marco appeared at my doorstep, I hadn’t agreed to come back with them. Even though, deep down, I knew they would have forced me if I didn’t.
In the early morning, my door
