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“Won’t you? You already refuse to speak to me because yourDoncommanded. What’s going to happen if he wants me out?”
“He’s your father, kid. I know you’re angry, and you have the right to be. I am too. Father doesn’t have a friend in any of his kids right now, but no one wants to hurt you.”
“Just my husband.”
“It’s complicated.”
“It’s ridiculous, Guido. Father is the one in the wrong. He is the one who had an affair with Cristina Fiori.” I waited for his reaction.
Guido sucked in a breath and jerked his head to see me better.
“Salvatore Fiori needs to learn to keep his mouth shut around his wife.” He mumbled.
“He told me the truth because I asked him to. I should have known this, brother, but none of you were honest with me.”
“Grazia, we wanted to protect you.” He sighed heavily. “You remember Mother happy, and we didn’t want to taint those memories.”
I couldn’t remember my mother not smiling from one ear to another, but I was just a kid back then. I knew nothing.
“She wasn’t, was she?”
“It was a hard marriage. Father wasn’t always true to his wedding vows.”
I puffed and crossed my arms. “You don’t say. I married Salvatore because I know he would never do that to me. Don’t bother giving me a lecture about trusting him too much.”
“I won’t. I know he loves you.” I blinked, surprised with his kind words. “He always looked at you like he wanted to eat you whole. We broke his ribs because of that a couple of times.”
“What?”
“Someone had to teach him respect. Giorgio and I took that task upon ourselves.” He smiled and I mirrored it, feeling my chest warming.
“I missed you.”
“I know.” Guido leaned to kiss my forehead. “Salvatore’s right, though. The smartest thing to do now is stay put and by his side. Your marriage made waves in the mafia and we need to wait for things to settle down.”
“What does that mean?”
“Father has friends and he also has enemies. Everyone knows you ran away to marry a man we don’t approve of. For his friends, you and your husband humiliatedDonFiori, and for his enemies, you’re a weak spot because we can’t protect you.” He touched my cheek gently. “People look at Sicily and all they see are Fiori and Caputo, and we don’t know who might want to take advantage of how divided we are right now.”
I grinned. “Are you telling me I should listen to my husband?”
“Yes.”
“I should go. He’s probably going crazy looking for me. I should get home before he finds out where I am.”
Guido went to his desk and looked at his phone. “Yes, you should go. I’ll walk you out.”
“I can’t stop to talk to Maya, can’t I?”
“I’m sorry, kid, but I can’t let you do that.”
“Right.” I tried my best to put on a brave face, but I was hurt. I didn’t care what his reasons were, I wanted my brother to have my back.I wanted all of them to have my back.
“Grazia, it’s the…”
“…right thing.” I finished the sentence for him. “It doesn’t make it the less painful thing, Guido.”
“What do you want me to do, eh? Tell myDonto go screw himself? Or tell Giovani that he’s handling this situationyou’veput us in like shit? The Caputo family is divided enough.”
