“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

“Are you really okay?”, Emma asked me as we entered my flat. It felt good to be in my own home again, it made me feel comfortable and I was finally able to relax. 


“Lils, I know something happened to you in the office. Your voicemail sounded like you were in panic.”, Emma sighed, knowing fully well that I wasn’t going to tell her anything if I didn’t want to. 


“I just want to know if you will be okay.”, she said, and she sat down on the couch. 


“I will be fine, Emma. Really.”, I told her. She wouldn’t buy it. 


“Will you ever tell me what happened?”, she asked, looking at me walking around in my flat. 


“I don’t know. I’m just choosing now to ignore it. I know you will not approve, but I’m not asking for your opinion.”, I said decisively. I saw her shaking her head on the couch, reaching for her phone. Undoubtedly, she was going to share this with Norah, so that both of them could talk me out of ignoring it. 


Chapter 38