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A year later, on Halloween, I went back home one last time. The old estate had new owners, and the Moretti nameplate had been taken down from the gate.My father and three brothers were still in prison. Eva had sent a letter from the convent.She had written pages, but only one line stuck with me."Isabella, I just wanted to know what it felt like to be chosen without anyone hesitating. Just once."I dropped the letter into the fire and watched the paper curl up bit by bit.What she'd been through as a child was real. So was her fear of being left behind again.But our lives mattered too. Just because she'd been abandoned once didn't give her the right to put anyone else through the same pain.Dante was released before they were. He never went back to the Alliance, and he never married.I'd heard he'd been helping children separated from their families by war find new homes, and had donated most of his savings to orphanages.Some people said he was trying to atone. Hearing that, I felt
A Prank for My Sister Destroyed Our Whole Family Chapter 10
Before the Commission took over the Moretti estate, the men were allowed back once to collect their things.In my mother's cabinet, my father found a stack of old letters he had sent her when he was young and far from home.On the back of the oldest one, my mother had written one short line."He says he'll come home. I believe him."My father sat on the floor all night, staring at those words. In the end, he tucked every one of the letters inside his shirt, against his heart.In his daughter's room, Marco found a sketchbook titled "The Person I Look Up To Most."In wobbly lines, she had drawn just one tall figure.Underneath, she had written, "My daddy."Marco sank down right there and buried his face in his hands. He didn't make another sound.Teresa's family sent Paolo a small wooden box. Inside were two tiny outfits she'd prepared for their unborn baby, one pink and one blue.Vito got nothing. Chiara's family sent him just one message."They're gone. Stop sending chocolate. The kids
A Prank for My Sister Destroyed Our Whole Family Chapter 9
In the end, the Commission didn't hand down any death sentences. None of them had intended to kill, and not one of them had laid a hand on us.But that didn't mean a single "we never saw this coming" could wipe away 12 lives.My father was permanently stripped of his title as Don and all his authority. My three brothers received prison sentences for forging orders, spreading false intelligence, and abusing their authority.For his role in staging the fake betrayal and throwing the Alliance into chaos, Dante was stripped of his position as heir to the Alliance.Eva, who had knowingly taken part, was sentenced to confinement in a convent.The day the sentences were handed down, for once, Eva didn't cry. She just looked at my father across the crowd."Dad, do you regret finding me now?"My father was quiet for a long time. Finally, he shook his head."I've never regretted finding you."Eva's eyes had barely lit up when he went on."What I regret is turning what I owed you into an excuse t
A Prank for My Sister Destroyed Our Whole Family Chapter 8
On the seventh day after our deaths, I finally reunited with my grandmother and the others. Lucia was the first to run into my arms, clutching the box of chocolates her father had sent her from the world of the living."Auntie, nobody fights me over candy here. I can have as many as I want."I crouched down and wiped the chocolate from the corner of her mouth."Then take it slow. Don't stuff them all in at once."My mother stood a little way off, watching my father at the funeral home. In seven days, his hair had gone mostly white.He kept that old cross in his hand and took it everywhere, as if it could prove their 30 years of marriage hadn't turned into one big joke.I asked my mother, "Do you still blame him?"She shook her head."At first, I did. But after a while, I was just too tired to stay angry."What hurts most isn't that he lied to me. It's that even as I was dying, I kept wondering if he had some reason he couldn't tell me."Then, of all things, she laughed."Tsk. Thirty ye
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Twelve lives lost in a single night. There was no covering up that absurd staged betrayal now. By evening, the Commission had sent its enforcers to lock down the Moretti estate.The man leading them was Graham Durand, an old friend of my father's. He didn't even touch the drink he was offered. His very first words hit like a hammer."Francesco, you exploited family orders, confidential information, and the honor of the entire Sicilian Mafia just to stage some ridiculous jealousy game for your youngest daughter?!"His face expressionless, my father took out the gold revolver he always carried, slid off the signet ring that marked his rank, and set them both down hard on the long table."It was my idea. I own it. Don't make excuses for me."Marco spoke up right away."I made the fake ledgers. I'm the one who had the story planted in the press."Paolo's voice was low."We wrote those letters ourselves. Nobody forced us."Vito was blunter."Don't put this all on my dad. All three of us wer
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As the 12 bodies were carried out of the chapel one by one, Eva was waiting at the courtyard gate. She'd even changed into a plain new dress.When she saw my father come out, she hurried over."Is Mom really mad? Um, I'll apologize to her first. If she wants to yell at me, she can."My father didn't answer. He carried my grandmother in his arms, while the others followed, each carrying a loved one.Eva's smile faded. Even her voice started to shake."Why are they all lying there with their eyes closed? Where's the doctor? Why isn't he helping them?"As Vito carried his daughter past, Eva reached out without thinking.He lashed out and kicked her hand away."Get away from her! Don't touch my daughter with your filthy hands! While she was crying for her daddy in the dark last night, I was at that goddamn warehouse by the docks, playing along with your games!"Eva's eyes welled up."I never wanted them to die. I just wanted you to choose me first, just once. I never forced anyone to drink
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