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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.”
They all wore different masks, Nino his lack of emotions. Remo his anger, and Savio
his arrogance. I wasn’t quite sure about Adamo’s mask yet, but he was wearing one too, I was sure of it.
“If someone ever tries to hurt you, I’ll take them apart piece by piece, sinew by sinew, bone by bone.”
Deadly words shouldn’t warm my heart, shouldn’t feel like the most romantic declaration of love, but with Nino they did.
“And with you as a mother, it’ll drown in love and sweets, that’s for sure.”
“Sometimes I feel like my insides are a raging flood of emotions when I look at you, but I don’t mind drowning.”
“I love you exactly as you are. And maybe you are a monster, but you are my monster.”
“Remo’s determined to set her free.”
Remo was
Las Vegas. Remo was the Camorra. Remo was a born leader. I was not. I’d never wanted to be.
“They need to save him. Nino can’t be without Remo … they belong together.”
Remo was a father. I was an uncle. Two new Falcones. Kiara would be ecstatic to have them in the mansion.
Remo never considered having kids, but he’d protect them with all he had, from this day on until his death. I knelt down beside him again, feeling his pulse, needing the reassurance that his heart was still beating. I wouldn’t let him die.
“Remo can’t be stopped. He would do anything for you and your brothers. Absolutely everything. He’ll gladly put his life down if it means you get to live.”
I shook my head. “It won’t break him. It’ll make him stronger like it did his brothers.
“Remo won’t die. He just won’t.”
“Remo won’t ever let them leave. He gave Serafina a choice, and now she’s made it. There’s no going back. He won’t allow it.”
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right?”
Savio shook his head. “Doll-face, promise to stay away from guys like me.”
“I doubt any man with a flicker of sanity will dare to approach Remo’s daughter.” “And if any asshole does, I’ll chop his cock into pieces and feed them to him,” Remo growled
“I want revenge. I want to make them bleed, even if I know it’s not going to change a thing, only lead to more violence, to more misery.”
“I won’t give you up, not ever. I’ll torture anyone to get the info on those fuckers who sold you the shit.
“Nothing that’s worth anything comes easy, Adamo. You are right, Remo and I we sometimes still struggle with the past, but we still move on because we have people who rely on us, and you have too. We rely on you. We need you as part of our family, so face your fears without drugs.”
“Life’s fucking unfair. It wants to crush you, but you can’t let the bitch win. You’ve got to force her to play by your rules.”
“The only blood I give a fuck about is that of the fuckers who’ll treat your kids less for some shitty DNA bullshit, and only because I’ll bathe in it after I slit their throats.”
I crossed the small space between us and hugged Remo for the first time in my life. “Thank you,” I whispered. “You are how I wish my brothers could have been. I don’t care what people say about you, I love you like a brother.”
“I don’t care if the world hates you, I’ll defend you against all of them.”
“Nobody will ever hurt you again, nobody will come close,” I promised,
Will you protect our son like you protect me?”
“Alessio Falcone, welcome to your family.”
Your dad and I will protect you.”
“Maybe it’s fate,” I whispered thickly. “All of us have experienced horrors in our past but we’ll create a beautiful future together.”
“She isn’t his mother. Kiara is. Alessio won’t ever find out he isn’t our blood.”
From this day on this kid is a Falcone. Anyone who dares telling him differently will have to deal with the consequences.”
“Look at everyone in this house. All of our pasts hold horrors in some shape or form, but somehow we’ve come together. Sometimes I’m scared it’ll catch up with us. It’s too perfect, too good.”
lost myself many years ago and am still finding myself every day.”
“Regret is wasted time, so is guilt, so stop wasting your time. Spend it on something useful, like getting clean and deciding who you want to be instead of wallowing in self-pity and wishing to be someone you’re obviously not,”
