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“Don’t you look as beautiful as always,” he told me, giving me a kiss on each cheek and lingering too long. “Demasiado hermosa para las palabras.”
This probably wasn’t doing anything for the women’s movement, but there really wasn’t one of those in the Cosa Nostra.
There was always some vice that eventually killed a Russo. Irrationality. Idiocy. A penchant for unprotected sex with cheap hookers. My father’s was monetary greed. I was beginning to think mine was Elena Abelli.
“And why would it be such a bad idea?” I didn’t look at her, but I felt her sad smile. “Because you’ll fall in love with her,” she said. “And she won’t love you back.”
And I had a bad, bad feeling that if this girl used the word please, I would give her anything she wanted.
Nico didn’t treat me like glass. He shattered the reflection of an empty life staring back at me. He taught me how to soar.
“I promise, Ace.” His lips tipped up. “Ace, huh?” I nodded lazily. “I’m trying it out.” And from that moment on, I called him Ace whenever I was drunk, Nicolas when I was mad, and Nico all the times in between.