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It was obvious.
My father had left this world without being able to see his grandson.
My mother had a chance to be a grandmother, but my father did not.
My father's passing hadn’t been easy on my mother, but she was genuinely trying her best to pull herself together.
As members of the mafia, there wasn’t a lot of time for us to grieve for as long as we wanted to.
There were rivals out there looking for a single weakness that could bring us down, and as a result, we had to constantly wear a flawless mask of indifference and strength.
To my relief and joy, while Caterina already liked Angela, my mother had been on the fence about her, especially as she knew that Angela was the woman who had left me three years ago.
But now, she had begun to see the genuine love and care Angela brought to our lives.
Their conversations had shifted from polite and tense exchanges to more intimate discussions, and I could sense a newfound connection blossoming between them.
True to her nurturing nature, Caterina had taken it upon herself to bond with Dominic.
She spent hours playing games with him, reading him bedtime stories, and even helping him set up his toys in his room.
I could see the love in her eyes as she interacted with my son, and it filled me with profound gratitude.
Seeing Angela and Dominic being embraced by my stepmother and sister filled me with a deep sense of satisfaction.
As I made my way to the living room, I found Angela and Dominic playing together on the plush carpet, their laughter filling the space.
My heart swelled with love at the sight of them. a
At that moment, it didn’t feel like I was the leader of a mafia family or that my father had died recently.
Instead, I felt like we were a normal family in a house that had transformed into a sanctuary of love and warmth.
It was a place where our dreams could take flight, where we could create memories that would last a lifetime.
As I looked at my beautiful family, I couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of joy and pride.
Angela and Dominic had brought with them a new sense of purpose and happiness into my life, and I vowed to protect and cherish them with all my heart.
And so, with Angela and Dominic by my side, I allowed myself to bask in the joy of the present, at least before I had to go for a meeting with the other Dons of the mafia families.
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Stepping into the grand meeting room, I was flanked by my two trusted seconds in command, Vito and Kramaric.
The atmosphere was tense as the heads of the mafia families gathered to discuss important matters.
However, I knew that there was an underlying doubt bubbling among them.
They thought I was unaware of how they questioned my ability to lead, believing that my father had been the true driving force behind the Cortini family's success.
Unbeknownst to them, they were wrong.
Yes, my father had been the driving force of the Cortini family, but that had been while he was still the Don.
After he stepped down and passed the position to me due to his declining health, I took over and handled everything without the aid of my father.
The other family heads assumed that my father had controlled the matters concerning the mafia through me even after his departure as the Don, but they could not have been farther from the truth.
