r friends trying their hardest to comfort her, her, missing Matt and most of all, her dad, her, getting home and not finding her dad after frantical

ion with her dad. tears cascaded

ew semester in her faculty

of their c

e looked busy but he went away from h

she smi

t figlia doing

ugh it would have been goo

ut time some

bright count

rted when he notic

dad, for two years

it until I make it wor

e, when I graduate

ad la

s wedding. you know I'll ne

aid "I might as well gradu

he said "just wait a lit

to come and see her? why hadn't he

a scr

maybe I didn't search thoroughly" she made her way i

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oing but she was grabbed from behind by Ju

ed as she struggled ag

n", said

re as she tried to dise

pulled out a syringe and in

eams began t

red to June after she figured that a se

e, stroking her cheek and wearing a

ed again as she felt her c

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soldiers who stood at the entrance,

st flight back to Italy. As he drove in through the gates, his heart remained outsi

is my f

hey didn't dare to utter a word. it

father?" he y

rday afternoon", a soldier finally spoke.

ly soldier? he raised his fist and it connected with th

ll me what you mean by 'his body'. did you kill him?" a crazy Lorenzo

ne shouted his n

his m

left the soldier's colla

ailed off as his

airs and she beckone

t into the fourth room on th

ng by the sides of the bed. they all had their hea

e covered from head t

ointed towards the bed but the repl

t towards the covered body. Each dreadful step he

d the body and op

d of blood. his dad had a deep wound on his forehead

dn't be Giovanni, his dad was a fig

t? this is someone else. why would you guys bring someone else to

.." his mo

your time has not come yet. I want you to wa

vement but it didn't happen. Each passing second p

ed. "Giovanni " he s

"what are you guys waiting for"

Lorenzo and took hi

ggled against the

they kept on dragging him away from the body

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in was unlocked four hours later but he conti

into the room to see him an

io" she c

eave me here too?

." Loren

n't eaten since two days. you haven't showered since two

air, oblivious to what his mot

did that to him?" he turned to his mom and wat

lo R

o Rizzo before and didn't know why the pe

rchenemy", sh

e nature of this business. But did that give this Carlo Rizzo guy the right to kill

? I'll kill him" sai

!" his mum

! I'll kill him

is mother's vo

uts die

d? who ki

tuation was c

d tell she was confused about

w..

with some soldiers" Lorenzo s

um went to get th

e in front of Lorenzo. his m

here with my dad the

he soldi

roofless room to talk privately, while the

ther from the onset. how could they agr

out what they

ng loud enough, from them, to attr

shot, but by the time we got i

en choose a roofless room? that wasn't of any importance to him now

in the place?"

s" they

fetch me the CCTV footage with an audio. I ne

they choru

he had to know, in order to figure out what punishme

with the video footage and he took it and

she asked him before

curtly and pla

he heard took

he heard his dad say to Carlo. "t

his mom, shell sho

you

as she sat, scared and dumbstruck.

rd Carlo Rizzo tal

. he stayed zoned out at a spot for a few minutes. that Carlo guy triggered his dad and wasn't remorseful about it. he knew his dad had mafia foes but he wasn't foolish enough to schedule a meeti

his mom who was alr

ill tried to wrap his head ar

m began but h

re and got kille

ologized and I thought he'd come to terms wi

that justify the fact that you lusted a

oesn'

e? why Ca

now. it ju

lady. what then happened? did he miss anything? the last time he did a facetime with the both of them, he didn't notice any probl

between you and dad, b

your dad was fine.

ned everyth

rry. I

he yelled at her "how could you

my mis

saying that doesn

m wept

s caused by you. y

zo.

mind that I'll

alked away, leaving hi

lised that his wife had betrayed him? the jerk, Carlo didn't even hesitate to rub his victory in

couldn't rest. all he could think about was revenge. considering the fact that C

ly and how Carlo's relationship with his dad was like. he made a mental v

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siness allies, his friends, Allegra and Kim came too, her bitchy younger sister, Capria who didn't come home when she heard about their dad's death, came for the burial with her boyfriend, a skinny, blonde, freckle faced guy, and they both left the nex

s mafia consigliere. there were so many people who attended, but she took note of the imp

o stop crying and focus he

mom and June had showed her the

trying to get back at his enemy. he was trying to get even because he felt inferior. that violent dirtbag Giovanni Sforza should have known because mafia business

atisfaction was the fact that her dad didn't

job. her dad would loved it if his death was avenged. Since, Giovanni was dead, his family and descendants would have to pay for his sins. she had already gathered information about

o texted her since the day his text broke she and her boyfriend up. som

Lorenzo but didn't because her phone sta

ly as she stared at

iend called. "how

in is easing away slowly" sa

n a class. worry abo

she didn't because she wasn't

er in silence for a mo

e you up

d to concentrate on it" Bianca said,

gra, after seeing the book. "why

I miss him. I want to kill tho

if

fine", Alle

ll

e time, I'll come vis

ffer because she really needed company, she di

"you don't have to. I

ermission ", said he

want to burden

you'll do the same for me. by th

it was really nice to ha

e waiti

re missin

ing to return back to college. she didn't know what t

pened and in came her

she said

you back

e ended

she call

u" she greet

ngs you t

end of the bed "we

o

leaving his legacy behind

ng about the mafia business? if that was w

er mom said, as if she read her mi

that can be solved

ped "you're the son I and your dad never

mafioso, let alone boss, I'm not r

all about it, she'd even seen it in movies. human and drug trafficking, bribery, lingering wars, killings, going to extreme lengths, she just couldn't do it. back at s

" her mom began. "it's your respons

he helped your dad with certain things. Now your

mafia isn't for me. I'm no

vident in the atmosphere. then she playe

ears rolling down her cheeks as she watched it. wh

is family enjoy the goodness of l

anted to make them pay, bleed and beg her for mercy.

t what we want which is to leave

m---" s

es and altercations with your dad, but they never crossed the line. there was a time where they were at peace with eachother,

agreement. she s

tage you watched?" her mom asked her wh

ova

ere meant to resolve with

uiet. she kne

to avenge his death now, because I'm sure he'd want that,

re" she

ut taking over your dad's bu

ny" Bianca sai

now, she saw no point i

mia figlia"

hing you need to know, from the so

martial arts, which is es

have any problems, do not hesitate

en if she fretted for her futur

er mom said as she touched h

ay, she'd have to take charge of her family's mafia but she hadn't braced herself and when her

ed to calm down. she needed some

hone beeped and she

o. he knew exactly how to co

essag

een busy with so many things. wha

re

t my hometown in Sicily. wha

ly, he rep

in fate. I don't, but I thi

she got it but before she could ask w

it

town. I came ba

is reply. was it finally time for them to me

hing else, she received anothe

's m