I Left Chicago’s Most Feared Mafia Boss at Exactly 3:17 Every Afternoon for Six Months
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Chapter 10 - Tommy Asked Why Dante Hadn't Found Him Sooner, and the Mafia Boss Finally Admitted He Had Spent Seven Years Believing His Son Was DeadTommy sat beside Dante.
“Why didn't you find me?”
Dante couldn't answer immediately.
“I thought you were dead.”
“Who told you?”
“Everyone.”
Tommy looked down.
“Did you believe them?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I trusted the wrong people.”
Tommy thought.
Then hugged him.
“It's okay.”
Dante cried.
I looked away.
Some moments were private.
Later, Tommy asked me:
“Were you afraid?”
“Yes.”
“Of Daddy?”
“No.”
“Of the men?”
“Yes.”
“Then why did you help?”
I smiled.
“Because Ruth asked me.”
Tommy nodded.
“Mommy is strong.”
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“Yes.”
Very strong.
Related Stories
Chapter 11 - Six Children Who Had Been Abandoned Became the First Residents of a Home Dante Built in Memory of the Woman Who Saved ThemDante bought the condemned building.
Chapter 12 - Five Years Later, Tommy Still Kept the Same Photograph Beside His Bed—and Dante Finally Understood Why His Son Had Called Him Daddy That First NightTommy was ten.
Chapter 13 - Dante Took His Son Back to the Basement Where They First Met, and Tommy Finally Saw What His Father Had Been Forced to BecomeThe old basement had been restored.
Chapter 14 - On Ruth’s Tenth Memorial, the Seven Children Stood Beside Dante and Promised to Build the Family She Had Tried to SaveWe gathered at Ruth's grave.
Chapter 15 - The Five-Year-Old Who Called the Most Feared Man in Chicago “Daddy” Grew Up and Helped His Father Destroy the Empire That Had Stolen Their Childhood—THE ENDI remember 3:17.
