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Mia smiled and nodded, feeling overwhelmed by all the love she was being shown. She and Kiki both started to cry, and they hugged each other tightly. Mia knew she was finally in a place where she belonged, and she was grateful for it.
But she also knew that as soon as they found out who she really was, they’d kill her.
***
That night, after dinner and conversation, Lorenzo and Mia went back to their room. After a solid hour of sex, they lay in bed, entangled with each other.
Mia could sense Lorenzo’s distraction.
“You’ve been quiet,” Mia said.
“I was preoccupied with that body.”
Mia laughed.
“I mean at dinner. Something with your dad?”
Lorenzo nodded. He didn’t seem to want to talk about it, but Mia had to know. She needed the intel.
“You can talk to me about it.”
“It’s just business.”
“Something you don’t want to do?”
“Yeah.”
He was quiet again. Mia knew she’d have to push.
“What was the point of testing me the way you did, if you weren’t going to trust me?”
“It’s not that.”
“Then why don’t you tell me what’s wrong? I know what you do, it won’t shock me.”
Lorenzo sighed.
“It’s this deal my father worked out.”
“What kind of deal?”
“Remember how I told you about my fiancee, Natalie?”
“Yes.”
“And how I thought she was murdered by her brother, Leo?”
“I remember.”
“Well, my father wants to make a deal with Leo and his brothers. The whole Monatto family.”
“What? Why? They can’t be trusted, surely?”
“Nope. But he has this idea that if we meld the two families together, and trade land and territories, we’ll gain control over the entirety of New York State.”
Mia nodded. Bingo. She had what she needed.
But why didn’t it feel like a win?
