“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

“Were you planning on getting laid tonight?”, I asked Matteo bluntly as I sipped from the champagne, he had given me. 


“Never planning, always hoping.”, he smirked. I appreciated his honesty. We were both lying on the bed. He had gotten me a bath robe and he had put his boxers back on. And now we were sipping champagne and munching on popcorn. It felt like the actual sex had taken away inhibitions and expectations, and we were now more relaxed and open to each other. 


“Was the sex as good as you were hoping for it to be?”, I asked cheekily. He chuckled loudly. “Yes.”, was all he said. I kept looking at him. “Well? That’s all you’ve got to say about it?”, I taunted him. He grinned, and I moved to straddle him. 


Chapter 20