The Challenge

Every day that Elle saw Gio, and he saw her, they both ran the risk of never again seeing each other.

Everyone did.

It was just the way things were, death came for everyone eventually. But knowing that truth did absolutely nothing to soften the blow when it finally came. As with everything in life, there would be many near misses until the final moment came. And those near misses were how Elle differed with the other people out there.

She was the Romano Don's wife. The threat of death would always be closer to her than to most people. She had already nearly lost Gio before, that should have prepared her. But somehow it had not. Elle that knew something was up when Benji walked into her office and could not look her in the eye. 

Focusing on the files in front of her, Elle paged through them, waiting for her bodyguard to say whatever it was that he had come to say.

A minute passed, and Elle finally decided to put her files away and address him.