Blood And Roses

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my papa's old friend Antonio Leone. They pretended to be enemies but protected each other from a far. Papa had told me in case everyone forsakes me Antonio would never. I contemplated opening my eyes beca

e me something to eat. I tip toed downstairs so as not to make a sound. I soon found my way to the kitchen. There was no one there so I grabbed a plate. Firstly, I munched a leftover piece of sourdough bread then proc

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up of tea she was brewing and served me another plate of Lasagna and it tasted like home. Reminded me of mama. As I ate a million questions crawled into my mind how did I wind up here? How did don Antonio find me? What happene