I flew to New York on our private jet to my cousin’s compound. I had several men with me. As Don, I always traveled with guards. You never know when an assassination attempt could be just around the corner. But my cousin was not interested in being Don. She wanted peace and her family to be able to do the same thing that I had just accomplished. It was unusual for a woman to be the head of the family, but my uncle named his oldest daughter as heir after my cousin, Michael, who was gunned down by his enemy. It was Alessia that sought revenge and wiped out the enemy’s entire bloodline. She is as ruthless as her mother. My zia, Lucia, was born and raised in Sicily. The historic heartland of Cosa Nostra. There were stories that we heard as children that my zia was an actual assassin sent to

