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And as I leave my office and climb the stairs to the second story bar, where all the highest ranked soldiers and capos surround, I have every intention of declining if they’ve somehow decided to keep me as their boss.
I feel miserable having everyone look at me like this.
I’m angry.
I’m disgusted.
Disappointed.
And maybe even a little sad…
“Council…” I mutter, choking back my words before they come flooding out like a roaring river. “I have a plan.”
After the words leave my mouth, I immediately worry that I didn’t make the right decision. But there’s no backing out now. I would have to live with this…I didn’t know what else to do…
What was Tony’s goal? Sleep with me and get close to my kids?
Screw me over? Mess with my head?
I was so stupid! I was basically hearing wedding bells chime for the man. How crazy and stupid had I been? He had seemed distant. I saw that…I just thought my kids were scaring him off. So I ignored it.
It would have ended sooner or later anyway.
“We don’t know why they’ve decided to knock on our door,” I say to all the men staring at me, looks of disappointment on their faces. It’s the truth. And it’s because I didn’t know that I knew we had to tread carefully. “But they have, and I say we let them come… and I’ll be here to fight with you…”
Luigi puts his hand on my shoulder and squeezes lightly. “But after that, if you want to appoint a new boss, I will gladly step down. I failed you all…”
“I don’t think that’s what any of us want…” Frankie says, standing. He clears his throat. “You’re the only one that can rule both sides of the family. Youareboth sides of the family, after all…”
I smile. It’s the first kind word I’ve heard from Frankie in months.
I feel like I need to decline. “I don’t know if I deserve it…” I whisper to Luigi.
He shakes his head and nudges me. “Don’t let them see you falter…”
I stand tall. He’s right.
I can’t be weak.
Not now.
Not when they need me to stay strong.
I’ve been having a tough time with everything.
I feel betrayed.
Maybe it would be easier to just give up…
Surrender.
Throw in the towel.
I mean, how many families are coming after me?
How deep did this go?
Can the Lorenzos and the Morinos really survive a war?
