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although cheating is a normal thing in the Mafia way of life, it’s never something that’s interested me.
That’s the thing about grief, I guess. It steals the air from your lungs just as you’ve finally figured out how to breathe.
“No worries, Aria. You always have been a self-centered bitch, so it’s not surprising you wouldn’t want people to know about me.”
was my favorite day of the year, though.” “Because it was your birthday?” “Because for that one day, my momma loved me out loud.”
Running it now gives me a sense of belonging; it ties me to my roots and allows me to claim some of Momma’s history as my own, as lackluster as that history may be. It’s important to me. Almost as important as that painting hanging in Uncle T’s office.
Weak men always let their dicks do the thinking, and strong women know how to take advantage of that.
Goddamn. She’s unhinged in a visceral way that makes her ruthlessness look like art, and I’m hypnotized by the sight of her.
“You coming, Lover Boy?” I’m not sure where we’re headed, but after what just happened, I think I’d follow her anywhere.
Everything else falls away when I look at her. Everything.
“Oh, good. Can I tell you a secret? I’ve never met a Jessica I’ve liked. I’m glad you aren’t one.”
“In fact, I can’t see anything but you, and it’s fucking infuriating.”
It’s just…when I’m around Venesa, it’s hard to remember any of that. She makes me forget who I am, who I’m supposed to be, and makes me feel like all I want to be is hers.
“Say something.”
“Why?”
“Because if you don’t, I’ll kiss the fuck out of you.”
“You must be the most coldhearted bitch I’ve ever fucking met.”
If my daddy is a drug, then my momma is the addict, and she’ll bleed for him until her veins run dry, even if it leaves me all alone.
“You good?”
“I can take care of myself,”
“I know. But just because you can doesn’t mean you should have to.”
“In a different life, it would be you on my arm, and you I’d get to marry. And I’d take you home and fuck you in our bed, sinking my cock so deep inside you that you’d never get me out.”
“In a different life…” I pause, emotion suddenly clogging my throat. “I’d love you out loud.”
“I’m tired of being someone’s burden and not someone’s choice.”
“I’m all yours, piccola sirena, if you’ll have me.”
“Enzo, I have to tell you something.”
“Tell me why you won’t let me...
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“I’m afraid I’ll be b...
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“Imposs...
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“I’ve never done it b...
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“Don’t be scared,” I tell her. Kiss the girl.
“I’m going to kiss you. And I promise it will be the best one of my life.”
“How do you...
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“Because it’s with you.”
“Now what?”
“Now we get you cleaned up, I take you back out there, and I show you how good we can be in this life, not a different one.”
“Enzo.”
“I need your help,”
“Anything you want, piccola sirena, and it’s yours.”
“Want me to burn his kingdom to ...
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“I want to burn him to the ground and take his kin...
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“Then let’s make you queen of the ashes.”
I wonder if she realizes she holds all the power here, that I would crawl on my knees to be wherever she is.
