Chapter 8 - The Secret Letter From My Father Explained Why He Had Chosen Lily—And It Changed Everything We Thought We Knew About Our PastThe letter arrived years later.
It explained the trust.
My father had created it to protect people who couldn't protect themselves.
Lily was never meant to be collateral.
She was meant to be a symbol.
The trust would fund medical care.
Schools.
Housing.
Families.
He had hidden it because he feared the criminal organization around him.
The money had been trapped for years.
Now we released it.
The foundation expanded.
Lily became its face.
Clara became its director.
I became its protector.
And the empire became something different.
A company.
A foundation.
A family.
The city changed.
So did I.
I stopped carrying a gun everywhere.
I stopped looking over my shoulder.
I learned how to laugh.
I learned how to dance.
Badly.
Lily never let me forget that.
“You dance like a truck.”
“I've been shot.”
“That doesn't explain anything.”
Clara laughed.
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Family dinners became loud.
Beautiful.
May you like
Normal.
Exactly what I once thought I didn't need.
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