“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

After dinner, I grabbed Renzo by his arm and dragged him up to my office roughly. I was pissed at him for suggesting to Lily to let him fuck her into oblivion. 


When we entered my office, I threw him on the floor. “You son of a bitch! You keep your hands of my woman!”, I said in a dark, calm manner. 


“It was a joke, Matteo, come on!”, Renzo pleaded. I know that it was joke, but Lily was no longer a laughing matter to me. 


“You keep your hands off of her.”, I threatened him. Renzo nodded. “One finger on her, and you are going back to running on the streets.”, I tell him. I see Renzo swallow. Good, at least he knows I’m serious about this. I dismiss Renzo with a flick of my hand. 


Just as he left my office, and I was about to go down again, my phone rings and I picked up. 


“Luciano.”, I answered the phone. He started to tell me about a problem with our weapon supplier, and I groaned. Running my free hand through my hair out of frustration, I started pacing my office. 


Chapter 28