“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

Tommaso was a sick bastard. When I received an invitation to a video call from him, a lot of things ran through my mind, but not this. Is he for real? Is he really going to live stream him torturing Lily? 


I feel nauseous when I see him slapping Lily in the face, but I force myself to watch. They can see me on their side. The more they think it is affecting me, the worse they will do. I think. Vita bent over me and pressed the mute button. She stood back up, her face outside of the camera when she spoke. 


“Matteo, come on! You can’t be seriously going to watching this!”, she spoke angrily. 


“So what do you suggest?”, I asked her. Half mocking, half serious. If Vita has any great ideas so that I don’t have to watch this, I would love it. If there is any way for Lily to get freed from that hell without us having to give up our suppliers, I would love to hear it. But Vita shook her head. 


Chapter 62