“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 was looking at Matteo, who was standing in my living room. I was sitting on my couch, eating pizza and drinking wine with Emma and Norah. Matteo came knocking on my door earlier to apologize for his behavior. I was ready to listen to him, I was still too angry to hear his side of the story, but Emma and Norah did want to hear him beg and apologize, which is why I was sitting here. 


Norah and Emma took their time, on purpose I know. They wanted to make him squirm on my behalf. 


“So, mister mafia boss, what the fuck were you thinking?”, Norah said very rudely. I knew she was acting, but I also could tell that she was already getting under his skin. He wasn’t used to being on the spot like this. I saw his eye twitch slightly, and he was taking conscious deep breaths, making me suspect that he was trying his best to stay calm. I knew that the only reason he was tolerating Norah was because I was in the room. 


Chapter 50