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“Life doesn’t work like that. Bad things are not fate, or punishment of an almighty power. Sometimes bad things just happen.”
If you’re told something often enough, you just take it for the truth. When Father hit me, I thought I deserved it.”
“I love you exactly as you are. And maybe you are a monster, but you are my monster.”
“I said so many shitty things to Remo because I just didn’t understand how he could be that way, but now I get it.” “Some things change us, and no matter how hard we try to forget the past, some things just stay with us.”
When I finally turned to the rest of our family and caught a dark gleam in Remo’s eyes, a hint of worry flickered in my belly. I gave him a smile, which caused him to give me his own twisted version in return.
Anyone who thought he could take our territory from us would be met with the full cruelty of our natures. The Camorra was ours. We were the Camorra. We were Las Vegas. We were even the West, and it would always remain that way.
He’d see it in his dream for a long time. The past was a difficult enemy to beat.
As long as the brothers had each other, they would prevail.
“Sometimes I’m scared he’ll disappear if I close my eyes, and that this will turn out to be a dream.”
“Nothing worth having comes easy or without a fight,” Fabiano murmured. I nodded, then glanced at Serafina and saw the same determination. We were willing to fight because what we had was worth everything.
I smiled to myself, surrounded by family. I pressed my palm against my belly and after a moment Nino covered my hand with his. This was worth fighting for. Every day, every hour, every minute.
