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zo had stolen from my mother's pocket was another nail
difficulty was in keeping the tremor from a six-year-old's voice. When the words 'master suite' were spoken, I n
lvatore's expression
lost his
manding to know who had allowed a
was angry. A cornered rat alway
the theft of my moth
ed if Omertà protected thieves from ch
nd pulled out a crumpled S
signed and approved three days ago. The paper
own the steps and took
was enough to
o if he was truly siphoning Family funds un
o words came out. Nothing. The
ng blow while he was
pregnant could claim a martyr's stipend
ce again. The scrape of a guard's bo
topped their vic
ia world left no room for
an excuse, the heavy i
r burst
clutched the black wedding silk tightly
, leaving behind a pale, waxy sheen
scordant note against the cobblestones as her center of gravity shift
ic beat of her heart against my cheek. I buried my face in her shoulder.
esh blood running do
y I had never seen before. She looked like a
ice shaking with rage as she acc
e crystalline moment, I saw fear flash through his eyes-not fear of my mother, but fear of what her words represented. Carlo's blood. In
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