Chapter 11 - The Mafia Boss Who Once Ruled New York Gave Up His Empire Because He Wanted Our Children to Grow Up FreeAdrian kept his promise.
He dismantled everything illegal.
He sold the clubs.
Closed underground operations.
Turned warehouses into legitimate businesses.
His old men were offered legal employment.
Some refused.
Some stayed.
The city changed.
People still feared him.
But slowly, they stopped needing to.
We married privately.
Lucas was best man.
My father walked me down the aisle.
It was small.
Beautiful.
After the ceremony, my father said:
“You look happy.”
“I am.”
He smiled.
“Then I did one thing right.”
I hugged him.
“You did more than one.”
Adrian joined us.
Our family was finally complete.
Or so we thought.
Three months later, my father became sick again.
Cancer.
He had known.
He never told me.
I was furious.
“Why?”
“Because I didn't want you to spend your life waiting for me to die.”
“I would have stayed.”
“I know.”
He passed peacefully.
We buried him beside my mother.
Lucas stood on one side.
Adrian on the other.
I placed the Black Crown pendant at the grave.
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It had once represented power.
Now it represented the end of it.
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