King Salvatore.
“Why didn’t Richard tell us anything!?”
“Dad, look at your face…it looks bad!? You should still be at the hospital!”
Ciara and Lumen say after I break the news to them. It’s a half-baked story because I omit the part where Donatello was the cause of it, how Lilas was kidnapped and how it was a total raw gang fight between two opposing parts. Neither Lumen or Ciara have ever witnessed me partaking in violent activities. Sure, they know that I’m not a saint in the business world but I’m not sure they know the degree of my offenses.
They remain oblivious to the intricate web of connections and the shadowy alliances that define my role as a gangster, and I’ve preserved the delicate balance between two disparate realities
And for the first time, someone has seen the bruta
