“So, what will you do next?”, Norah asked. “It will be weird to go on without her.”, I said. Norah squeezed my hand. “We’re here when you need us.”, she said. I smiled sadly; my mom was all the family I had. “Is it weird that I’m not crying?”, I asked. “No.”, Norah answered decisively. “You do what feels right for you and let no one tell you otherwise! I think you are already accepting that she is no longer with us. Mourning is a different process for all of us.” I nodded. She was right. Lily had a normal life, with a normal family, normal job and normal friends. Focused on her career, she made no time for boyfriends. Not that the right ones wanted her anyways... But after her mom's death she is stupified when she learns that she is now the proud owner of 2 houses in Europe and a million dollar trust fund. Turns out, her life is not so boring anymore, her mom never was boring, and the job brings her into more problems than she needed. And the men, they are now fighting for her heart. Will Lily find her happily ever after, or is she already in too deep?

In Too Deep: a mafia story

I see Noah’s eyes twinkle and his face light up when I join him again. His hand is back on the small of my back immediately when I am back within his reach. “Took you long enough.”, he whispered in my ear. I look up at him to decide whether he was mad at me or simply joking. “Did you taste the food already?”, he asked. When I shake my head, he signals to a waitress to come over to us. It truly looks amazing! I pick one and try to taste all the flavors put in the small finger food on my tongue. I groan at the taste and close my eyes to enjoy it. I feel Noah’s hand on my back gripping tighter and when I open my eyes, I see his brown eyes have darkened. “That good, huh?”, he asked with a husky voice. I nodded grinning and decided to ignore all the signs of desire that I saw in front of me. 


Chapter 6