“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 circle my arm to try to ease the pain I feel in my shoulder. My recovery was going faster than expected, but way slower than I wanted to. Our family doctor Chiara had cleared me to do some light exercise again. I was pretty sure that what I was doing was not her idea of light exercise but fuck it. Considering all the challenges, I needed to stay fit and prepared for everything. 


So, I was throwing some punches in the air in a boxing ring to get that shoulder moving again. In the back of the room there seemed to be some commotion, but I paid no attention to it. Until I noticed that the commotion was getting closer. 


When I looked up, I saw Vita storming into the gym. I could see her fists clenched, and the steam was practically coming from her ears. Save to say, she was pissed about something. Seeing that she was determined to get to me, she was most likely pissed at something I did. Though for the life of me, I couldn’t think of what it would be. 


Chapter 31