Nick understood grief, and Tony had clearly been grieving. “Maggie was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Tony had told him. “I promised her the day she died that I would take care of the kids, get them out of the city. All she wanted was for her children to be happy. To be honest, Mr. Lorenzo, I haven’t always done good. But with Maggie, I did. I’m a better man because of her.”

