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In the end, my father sent out a letter setting the record straight.Paolo refused to cover for him, and Marco couldn't talk me into dropping my demands. More and more people were asking what the girl they'd called greedy and ungrateful had actually done.My father didn't use the word "test" anywhere in the letter.He admitted that I'd always been his biological daughter and that every dollar I'd paid toward the so-called debt for raising me had been returned.Several longtime business partners looked into the support payments the Bellini family had promised and found some were long overdue. People used to stop asking questions as soon as my father said, "I'll take care of it." Now they wanted to see the books first.His go-to line, "I promise," was losing its power.Paolo told me all this later.I listened, nodded, and went on peeling an apple for Anna."Not happy about it?" she asked."I am," I said. "But these apples are really crisp today. I'm happy about that too."She laughed and
I Paid My Mafia Family Back. They Lost Their Daughter Chapter 9
A week later, my father asked to meet me in a reception room near the harbor.I asked Teresa to come with me. Paolo came too, bringing records of the support payments my father had promised to the families of longtime associates. He wanted to go over the accounts face-to-face."We'll host another dinner," my father said. "In front of everyone, I'll make it clear that you're my daughter. And no one is to bring up the past again."I looked at the necklace on the table and didn't reach for it.My mother turned the box toward me. "This is to make it up to you," she said softly. "It isn't something Bianca passed over. I picked it out just for you.""I don't want a necklace.""Then what do you want?"She nudged the box closer, still waiting for me to name my price.I handed her a sheet of paper."Don't come looking for me at work or at school. Don't send anyone to speak for you. And tell everyone who heard what you said back then that I'm your biological daughter. Tell them why I left home,
I Paid My Mafia Family Back. They Lost Their Daughter Chapter 8
Three days after I moved out, the landlord asked me back for the move-out inspection.When Nico and I got there, my mother was standing at the foot of the stairs.She'd gotten my old address from the driver. She was wearing a pale coat, and the toes of her shoes were spattered with dirty water."I didn't go in," she said quickly. "I just wanted to see where you used to live."I thought about it for a moment, then let her follow me up.The room was empty, but the outlines of the furniture still marked the walls. With the nightstand gone, the mold behind it showed.My mother stopped in front of the outlet on the wall."Where's your little space heater?""It broke.""Why didn't you replace it?"I didn't answer.She looked down and saw the old newspaper stuffed into the gap around the window.I'd always worried she might come by. Whenever I cleaned the windows, I cleaned only the parts I could see, hoping she wouldn't think the place was dirty. It took me a while to realize she was never c
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The next afternoon, my mother came to the diner with my father and Bianca.As soon as she walked in, her eyes went straight to the fresh dressing on my hand."Lena—"She seemed to realize it was the nickname she'd given me as a child, and she corrected herself. "Elena."I poured them water. I didn't call them Mom and Dad.My father set a check on the table."Two hundred fifty thousand dollars. You're getting it back today. This ends here."I took out my own ledger too.My old jewelry, car, and savings came to one hundred sixteen thousand dollars. After that, I put my paychecks toward the rest each month, sometimes more, sometimes less, until I'd paid back the full two hundred fifty thousand dollars.My father flipped through two pages, then snapped the ledger shut."I told you I'm giving it back. You don't need to keep such careful accounts.""You're the one who told me to keep careful accounts."His mouth tightened."Bianca had only just come back. She couldn't handle seeing you have
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When Marco walked in, I was changing the dressing on the back of my hand.He stopped short."How did that happen?"I pulled my sleeve down. "What do you want?""You're coming home. Your mother's worried sick."He reached out to drape the coat over my shoulders. I stepped back, and it fell over the back of a chair.Marco caught sight of Teresa by the counter."Let's talk alone.""Right here's fine."The diner had already closed. Nico sat near the door, watching us warily. He knew he couldn't stand up to someone from the Ricci family, but he kept his phone by his hand, ready to dial 911.Marco took a deep breath."I know why you're angry. Three years was a little too long. Your father says he'll make it up to you. A house, money, even help going back to school. It's all on the table."I took a small box out of my bag.The engagement ring was inside, with the receipt tucked in beside it.It wasn't sentiment that had kept me from selling the ring. Marco had told several secondhand jewelry
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When Paolo arrived, Anna was pressing a hat she'd just knitted into my hands.He hadn't come in one of my father's cars, and he was wearing an old jacket."My mom says you don't want to see them right now. I came to see if you need help with anything."I shook my head out of habit.Under the table, Anna nudged my knee.Slowly, I changed my answer. "Please don't tell them which floor or room I'm in.""Okay."He didn't ask why.His phone rang again. It was my father. Paolo looked at me, and I nodded.He answered and said only, "She's safe, and she's thinking clearly. I'll look after her for you.""Put her on the phone!""She doesn't want to."My father's voice blasted out of the speaker. "I paid to raise that girl, and now you're making the rules for me?"Paolo glanced at his mother."My father took a bullet for you. You promised our family would always be taken care of.""Haven't I been giving you money all these years?""The month my mom fell and got hurt, your people said the payment
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