“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 looked over at Lily with dread in my bones. I had already watched the video because I thought it was meant for me. It wasn’t. It was meant for Lily. I guess it was easy for them to figure out that they could reach her through me. 


I wanted to be honest to her, no more lies. But every force in me was telling me not to show it to her. I desperately wanted to protect her, to keep her safe, and to keep her away from everyone and everything that could possibly hurt her. Yet here we were. My head was telling me this was the right thing to do, but why did it feel so wrong? 


It’s probably the worst thing ever to know you will be hurting the person you love, which is exactly what is going to happen in a couple of minutes. All I could do was to be there for her in the aftermath of the video, and I was absolutely determined to do that. If she let me. 


Chapter 56