Twelve Armed Men Laughed When a Flour-Covered Baker Stepped Between Them and Chicago’s Most Feared Mafia Boss
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Chapter 12 - Vincent Proposed Without a Ring—Because He Had Already Given Me Something More ValuableOne year after the alley attack, Vincent took me beneath an oak tree.
His father's favorite tree.
He handed me a small box.
Inside was an old photograph.
My father.
His father.
Standing together.
Behind them was the original bakery.
I cried.
“Why are you giving me this?”
“Because our fathers knew each other.”
He took my hand.
“And because I want our story to begin where theirs ended.”
I looked at him.
“What are you asking?”
“To build a life with me.”
I smiled.
“That's not very romantic.”
He looked offended.
“I practiced.”
“You should practice more.”
He laughed.
Then he pulled out a ring.
I stared.
“You had that the whole time?”
“Yes.”
“You're impossible.”
“I've been told.”
I said yes.
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And for the first time, Vincent Costello wasn't feared.
He was simply a man in love.
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Chapter 13 - Six Months Later, Someone Tried to Destroy Our Bakery Again—But This Time the Whole City Stood With UsThe bakery was vandalized.
Chapter 14 - On Our Wedding Day, Vincent Told Me the One Thing He Had Never Been Brave Enough to SayThe wedding was small.
Chapter 15 - The Flour-Covered Baker Who Once Saved Chicago’s Most Feared Mafia Boss Finally Found the Life She Had Never Believed She Deserved — THE ENDFive years later, the bakery was still open.
