Chapter 9 - I Thought the Mafia World Was Gone Until Someone Tried to Kidnap Isabelle at Her SchoolThe attack happened when Isabelle was fifteen.
A car approached the school.
Security intervened.
She was never taken.
But someone left a message.
THE MORETTI CHILDREN ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH A LEGACY.
Damian read it.
His face went cold.
“Who?”
We investigated.
A new criminal syndicate had formed.
Young men who admired the old organization.
They wanted Damian to return.
He refused.
They attacked again.
This time, we fought back together.
Not with revenge.
With law enforcement.
We gave authorities everything.
Names.
Locations.
Financial records.
The organization collapsed.
But one leader escaped.
He sent a message to me.
You changed him.
I smiled.
Yes.
I had.
But perhaps he had changed me too.
I no longer feared power.
May you like
I respected responsibility.
That was different.
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Chapter 10 - Damian Asked Me Whether I Regretted Falling in Love With Him, and My Answer Was the Truth That Freed Us BothOne night, years later, Damian asked:
Chapter 11 - The Woman Who Once Took a Slap for a Stranger’s Child Became the Woman Thousands of Families Called for HelpThe foundation expanded across the country.
Chapter 12 - Isabelle Asked Me Why Her Father Gave Up Everything He Had, and I Told Her the Story He Never Wanted Anyone to KnowDamian gave up the last of his illegal assets.
Chapter 13 - The Old Onyx Room Invited Me Back Ten Years Later, and I Walked In as the Woman Who No Longer Needed Anyone’s PermissionThe Onyx Room had been renovated.
Chapter 14 - My Daughter Asked Me What Love Should Feel Like, and I Gave Her the One Answer I Wish I'd Heard at Twenty-ThreeIsabelle was twenty-two.
Chapter 15 - The Little Girl Who Hid Behind Me Grew Up Knowing She Was Loved, and the Woman Who Took Her Place Finally Learned What Family Really Meant | THE ENDSometimes I still hear it.
