“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 woke to the buzzing of my phone. Groaning when I reached over to get it, annoyed at who ever was waking me up this early. It was 5AM, the sun wasn’t even fully out yet. I squinted my eyes to read the message on my phone. ‘Thinking about you.’, was all it said, coming from an unknown phone number. In truth, I was a bit confused who was sending me this. Most likely it was Matteo, but after seeing Tommaso again yesterday I didn’t know for sure anymore. 


‘Why would you be thinking about me this early in the morning?’, I sent back. Why would any person be awake at this ungodly hour? 


‘Why wouldn’t I? Laying in bed, alone. Just thinking about some good times.’, I received within seconds. Definitely awake, and nothing to do. Still no clue to who it is, but I’m guessing Matteo. Connecting a bed and good times, that must be him. 


Chapter 25