“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

“It better be a success.”, I said, as Ennio drove the car to the hiding spot at the port. He nodded. If anyone, he knew exactly how much we needed this to work. Getting these weapons onto the streets was our one chance to get our territories back. It needed to work, failing was not an option. 


I checked my watch quickly, it was past 2 AM. Time to go. We got out and walked to the port authorities to get our shipment. I nodded to greet the man, knowing that he was one of us. He led us to the container we wanted to see. As we were inspecting our goods, we heard a skirmish in the background. I didn’t think much of it, but Ennio signaled that he was going to check it out. Before he made it three steps out of the container, one of our lookouts came running. 


Chapter 24