“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 stumbled backwards a little, when someone ran into me, and my hands reached out automatically to steady us both. It wasn’t until I looked down that I saw that it was Lily. My dear Lily. 


She had been avoiding me for a while, and she got quite good at it too. After a while, I just gave up and let her to her own peace. I figured she would come to me when she was ready to talk to me. Lame, I know. 


I felt Lily freeze in my arms, but I wasn’t ready to let her go. I looked into her eyes, and I felt my heart pound in my chest again. I felt alive again. 


“Lily!”, I heard someone yell from the porch. My hands squeezed her arms harder than I intended to, I just didn’t want her to leave me. One of my hands reached out to push a strand of hair behind her ear, and to caress her cheek. I might be deceiving me, but I think I felt her lean into my touch a little. 


“Matteo…”, she whispered. I cupped her jaw and leaned in to give her a kiss on her lips. 


Chapter 70