A few months later, I found out I was pregnant.
Uncle Michael called us in. He planned to step down early and hand over leadership of the Carlo family to Salvatore.
"Your brothers are useless. Don't trust them with power. Just make sure they have enough to live on," he said.
Neither Giovanni nor Eleanor showed up on the day Salvatore officially took over the family.
Uncle Michael knew exactly what kind of man Giovanni was, which was why he still kept him confined to the estate.
As for Eleanor, she spiraled into addiction after Giovanni dumped her, just like the junkie father she was born to. Her mind and body both fell apart. Papa eventually had her sent to a rehab facility somewhere in Euravia.
I overheard someone say, "I heard that if you gave her a hit, she'd crawl into your bed without hesitation. Like mother, like daughter. What a waste of all those years the Vinci family spent raising her."
Eleanor's ending in this life was truly pathetic.
Later on, after Giovanni's confi
