Chapter XIX: Smoke Clouds

"Salvatore had me kill Paolo at the altar," Niccolo leaned back in his seat, his younger brother staring at him with wide eyes. "I didn't ask why he just said it had to be done,"

It suddenly occurred to Alessio how much it all made sense. Despite Salvatore and Paolo had been best friends since they were thirteen, only a handful of people were aware of the true nature of that companionship which began to deteriorate after Ricardo Costa's death. Neither of the two gave way to their true feelings for the other, just for Serafina's sake.