Chapter 13 - The Man Who Had Ruled the Underworld Gave My Son the One Gift Money Could Never BuyAlessandro eventually retired.
He sold his companies.
Moved near the coast.
He kept one small business.
A bookstore.
Logan loved visiting.
Alessandro taught him chess.
One afternoon, Logan asked:
“Were you really dangerous?”
Alessandro smiled.
“Yes.”
“Did you hurt people?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“I didn't know another way.”
Logan thought.
“But Daddy changed you?”
Alessandro looked toward David.
“Your father helped.”
“And Mommy?”
He smiled.
“Your mother reminded me why people mattered.”
Logan hugged him.
Alessandro cried.
He had never wanted children.
But he had found a family.
Years later, when Logan graduated college, Alessandro gave him a small wooden box.
Inside was the old wedding ring.
David's ring.
The one that had started everything.
Logan looked confused.
“Why give me this?”
Alessandro answered:
“Because it reminds us what nearly disappeared.”
“What?”
“Your family.”
Logan handed it to me.
I couldn't hold back tears.
David took my hand.
The ring had passed through death.
Secrets.
Fear.
May you like
And finally—
love.
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