“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 ran my hands through my hair, as I cursed under my breath. What the fuck had I done this time? When I saw the picture and recognized Mario Bruno, I just saw red in front of my eyes. I accused Lily of lying to me, and now she stormed out of the room. 


“What the fuck was that?”, Luciano yelled at me. I bowed my head and shook it. I really didn’t need him to tell me that I fucked up. 


“Just don’t, Luciano.”, I said defeated. He walked up to me and grabbed my collar. He started shaking me. 


“No! You don’t get to give up! Go to her and beg her to forgive you! Now! She knows too much, asshole!”, he yelled in my face. He dragged me out of the office up to my bedroom. I was gearing up mentally to get her to stay, but somehow, she was gone already. Her stuff was gone. Luciano was on the phone to someone, no doubt it was Ennio. 


Chapter 49