Chapter 9 - The Letter My Mother Left for MeI read the letter alone.
My mother didn't blame me.
She knew I had been six.
She knew I had run because my father ordered me to.
She wrote that she had hoped I would grow up differently.
She had heard rumors about Dante Romano.
She knew her son had become feared.
But she still believed there was kindness inside me.
That was the hardest thing to accept.
I had spent my life becoming someone terrifying because I believed fear was the only way to survive.
My mother had believed I could become something else.
I decided to prove her right.
I dismantled part of my organization.
I gave evidence to federal investigators.
I released information that destroyed the criminal network built by Bellini.
My men didn't understand.
Some left.
Others stayed.
Marco stayed.
“You're changing.”
“I have to.”
“Why?”
“Because Lily deserves a future.”
Maria agreed.
We opened a legitimate security company.
For the first time, I earned money without fear.
But peace didn't last.
A package arrived.
Inside was an old photograph of my father.
Beside him stood a man I didn't recognize.
The message read:
Bellini was only the beginning.
Someone else had controlled the operation.
May you like
Someone more powerful.
And that person knew my family had survived.
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