“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

“Hi! Sorry, I’m late!”, I said when raced into the restaurant, and plopped down in a chair. Norah and Emma were already waiting for me for a while. 


“Don’t worry about it. We ordered for you already.”, Norah said. I didn’t mind that, I wasn’t picky, and they knew what I liked anyways. I just nodded because I was still trying to catch my breath. Noah was a pain today in the office and trapped me just before I wanted to leave. And then I still needed to change, because we were planning to go dancing after dinner. 


“I have so much to tell you guys!”, I said, still short of breath. Emma looked a bit shocked. I had never been a person happy to share much. 


Chapter 15