Chapter 11 - The Truth About My Father's Last DecisionCaruso had one final secret.
My father had known he would die.
He had prepared a trust for us.
Not money.
A message.
He had predicted that one day Maria and I would find each other.
He wanted us to know that he had never stopped loving us.
He had hidden the truth because exposing Caruso too early would have gotten us killed.
He had sacrificed himself.
And my mother had sacrificed herself too.
For us.
I finally understood why my father had pushed me through the cellar window.
He hadn't abandoned me.
He had saved me.
Maria and I returned to Sicily.
We restored the family house.
Not as a criminal headquarters.
As a home.
Lily planted flowers in the garden.
She laughed when I tried to help.
“You don't know how.”
“I know how.”
“You're doing it wrong.”
Maria laughed.
For the first time, our family sounded like a family.
But I still had one promise to keep.
I wanted to find every person who had helped destroy our childhood.
Most were already gone.
The remaining ones faced justice.
I didn't kill them.
I gave them to the authorities.
That was my mother's revenge.
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She had wanted us to live.
Not become monsters.
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