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We were best friends. Who just happened to be sleeping together. At sixteen.
“You’re mine, and you will always be mine.”
Everyone was there. And I do mean everyone. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and more importantly—the five bosses, Abandonato, Nicolasi, Alfero, Sinacore-Petrov, and our Capo dei Capi, Tex Campisi.
He was the guy who used to hold me when I cried. Now he was the reason for my tears.
“Hate you for as long as we both shall live.”
The pain is in the moment you realize that your forever is no longer your future,
“A promise in blood is a promise in my soul.”
“Wait for you to fall asleep and wish that I wasn’t in love with my best
friend…”
Nixon Abandonato, dad to the girl I was in love with but had to hate, had just crowned me king.
I’m an FBI plant.”
it means that you need to capture every moment when you get it, don’t waste life doing just one twirl when you can do two.” She stared straight ahead but slid her hand toward mine and gripped. “Life’s too short to worry about too many twirls, take as many as you want, and be thankful you have the opportunity to twirl in the first place.”
“I was going to marry her,”
The ring was inscribed, “My heart for yours.”
“Me and Claire. We were given instructions to break you and Serena apart.
“Love you.” I squeezed my eyes shut because it hurt to look at her. “For as long as we both shall live.”
My soul mate. My everything. The other half of my dark, twisted heart.
“She was pregnant.”
“It’s heavy, that moment when you realize your life isn’t ever going to be the same, when you realize your love created a life you’ll never get the chance to see.”
“Because… I choose you.” I held her hand tightly. “Because you own my heart.” She started sobbing quietly. “Because as Ash said, we’re only given moments, and I’m choosing to live mine with the truth.”
“And in another life, your father wouldn’t kill me for loving you. I would have seen you pregnant with my children; I would have my ring on your finger. I would have your blood etched on my fucking soul, and I would give you my name.”
“I want you to feel justified enough in your anger so that I can feel justified enough in loving her when I don’t deserve her.”
