Capone always joked that I had this weird thing with people. I could always read somebody within five minutes of meeting them. I knew if you were full of shit, or you were solid. When I met Alaia, I felt pain in my chest that I had never experienced before. I’ve had my share of pain, yet the pain I felt when I stared into her eyes was a different kind of pain. One that I had never experienced. Her eyes told a story that I knew would make me want to turn the country upside down. It was crazy that her name literally meant joyful and happiness, and that wasn’t the first emotion I experienced from
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