“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

My alarm clock woke me up the next morning after I slept like a baby. I reached out my arm to my side, but I didn’t find anyone there. I don’t hear the shower running either. I sighed and rolled myself out of bed. I got dressed and walked to the kitchen, where I saw the coffee ready with a note stuck to it. 


‘Need to take care of business. Will pick you up at 6PM on Friday. 


Looking forward to seeing you again. Love, M’ 


I smiled when I took the note off the coffee and held it close to my heart for a second. Too bad Friday meant I would still be without him for a few days. The memories of yesterday would be enough to keep me going for a bit. Up to the office it is! 


I admit I had been hiding in my office the last few days, desperately trying to avoid Simon and Tommaso who were now running the show in the bank. For some reason, they had left me alone for most of the time. I didn’t understand why, but I wasn’t complaining about that. 


Chapter 40