For the first time in almost a month, I felt free. Going out with Alison and Jamie yesterday allowed me to feel more like myself. Not as constricted and caged as I have been feeling. I am very well aware of the risk, but our life is full of exactly that. Risks. I married a powerful mob boss, soon to be Don with a freaking seat in The Commission. When will I ever be free of risks and threats and danger? There will never be a moment in our lives when we can be totally and completely at peace and conflict-free. Look at what happened to my sweet and innocent cousin, Amelia. She was as far as she could be from all of this, and she was still a fatality of the life. She still died because of it. After Matt’s ceremony, after he is officially a Don, we will have a lot more power and a much larger

