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The Don's Unsent Letters

The Don's Unsent Letters

Short Story · Mafia
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Language: English
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Tragic Love

Winning Back the Wife

Mistress

My best friend and my husband, Lorenzo Bartoli, fought every time they met. Lorenzo was the Don of the family, while my best friend was his Consigliere. She always fiercely opposed his most ruthless, high-risk decisions. Tempers explode every single time. But there was one rule that they both agreed on without any hesitation. No one was allowed to touch me. Because of them, no one in the city dared to cross me. Until the fifth month of my pregnancy, when I went down to the basement vault to organize Lorenzo's guns for him. I opened the safe to see stacks of letters, hundreds of them, all unsent. I picked one up. The moment I opened the letter, cold dread overwhelmed me. The receiver of the letter wasn't me. [My dearest Sofia…] I quickly scanned downward to the final lines of the letter. [If I don't make it back alive, everything in the Swissie accounts goes to you. As for Vittoria, she's a good woman, but I have never loved her.] With trembling hands, I tore open the rest of the letters like a hysterical woman. Three hundred of them in total. Every single one was addressed to Sofia Finzi. Sofia was not a stranger. She was my best friend.

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9 Chapters
Chapter 1
I collapsed onto the pile of letters, tears splashing across the papers, smudging the ink, yet I could still recognize the handwriting.It belonged to Lorenzo Bartoli, my husband.His every word was soaked with tenderness.[My dearest Sofia, I'm going to propose to Vittoria tomorrow.[I know it's selfish of me. I know it's unfair to you, but Vittoria… She's too fragile. In this dog-eat-dog world, she can't survive. She needs me.[You, on the other hand, Sofia, you will always be my soulmate. My best Consigliere. A comrade that I can trust with my back.[If there ever is a next life, I will marry you.]There was a stain at the bottom of the page that looked like teardrops.I once thought that I had hit the jackpot by marrying Lorenzo. I once thought that his protectiveness of me was because of love.I never thought that it was nothing more than charity. It was so noble, yet so cruel.I bent down and started to dry heave. The child in me seemed to have gotten a fright as an e
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Chapter 2
At midnight, I ripped out the IV cannula attached to the back of my hand. Then, I stepped onto the cold tile floor barefoot.I did not know where I was going. Perhaps I just wanted to escape that cage.When I was at the end of the corridor near the smoking area, I stopped in my tracks. Through the half-closed door drifted the smell of cigarettes and the sound of a familiar argument.I pressed myself against the wall and held my breath."Are you nuts? Why are you smoking here?" Lorenzo asked with fury, but soon softened his tone."Sofia, put it out. It's bad for your body."Sofia snickered. "My body? Hah! Vittoria's child is gone, and you're here talking about my body? Lorenzo, that was your child, too!"Lorenzo snapped softly, "It was an accident! No one knew that she would open that safe!"Silence hung thickly in the air.A long time later, Sofia said with a trembling voice, "I'm pregnant.""What did you say?""I said, I'm pregnant, Lorenzo."I covered my mouth as tears su
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Chapter 3
After that, Lorenzo's attitude toward Sofia had a subtle but unmistakable change. Whenever Sofia objected to his decisions, he would often listen to her quietly.Sometimes, he would even give in to her excessively as he teased, "Yes, you're right, Lady Consigliere."The day I got pregnant, Sofia cried once more. She got herself rather drunk on whisky that night, sobbing while drinking.She said, "Vittoria, I'm really happy that you're about to become a mother…"She trailed off before saying, "I don't think I'll ever get married in this life. Your child will be mine too, in the future…"She was so drunk she could barely finish her sentence, but at that time, I thought that she was just happy for me.It was Lorenzo who took her home. He was gone for a long time.When he came home, his eyes were a little reddened. The corner of his lip was split. He said that the stairs were too dark, and that he accidentally bumped into a wall.Sofia was not a person who cried a lot, but whenever
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Chapter 4
A wild thought sprang to mind and spread like wildfire.Rather than granting them a quick death, which would be too merciful, I would rather have them alive and ruined.Also, I needed a ship that could take me away from there.I took a deep breath and walked out of the shadows. My voice was not loud, but it rang clearly in the room."Hold up."Lorenzo suddenly looked back and frowned at me. "Vittoria, stand back! This isn't a place for you to fool around!"Sofia sneered, "Vittoria, go back. You'll get everyone killed."I ignored them. I stood up and tidied my clothes before walking over to the long table and pouring myself a glass of red wine.Then, I raised my glass to Valentino and replied to him in the most fluent ancient dialect of Cecile Island, replying to his coded phrase."The wind at the port is strong, but we have the best captain. We can ship the cargo to a place where even God can't find."Lorenzo and Sofia looked at me as if they had just seen a ghost. They never
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Chapter 5
I hung up the call.Then, I stood up and gently tiptoed on the carpet barefoot, not making a single sound. I found my old canvas bag. It was the last gift that my parents ever gave to me. I stuffed a few changes of underwear in it, a faded photo of my parents, and the linguistics certificate that had gathered dust for years.That was the sum of the entire 20 years of life.When I passed by the nightstand, I saw Lorenzo's pistol. He had once taught me how to use it, how to switch off the safety and how to aim steady.He had said, "Vittoria, this gun is to protect your life."At that moment, I thought that it was love. I finally understood that he only gave me the gun because he could not give me a sense of security.I pulled out a sheet of paper from the drawer.There were no hysterical complaints nor painful goodbyes. I merely placed the red ruby ring, the symbol of the Donna's status, on top of the paper to hold it down.I wrote on the paper.[I'm divorcing you.]Then, I
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Chapter 6
I woke up in Valentino's seaside manor.Through the massive floor-to-ceiling windows stretched an endless blue ocean. Sunlight poured across the bed without restraint, so bright it hurt to open my eyes.I had never seen light like that in Lorenzo's dark, stone fortress of a mansion.A warm glass of milk had been placed by the nightstand with a handwritten note.The handwriting was wild and arrogant. [When you're up, we need to talk about the cargo.]I looked at the note in a daze for a long time. When I was with Lorenzo, all I could be was the docile housewife who never once interfered in the family business.With Valentino, the first thing I did when I woke up was talk business. The foreign feeling of being wanted made my nose burn. I sniffled.After washing up, I headed downstairs. Valentino was sitting under a huge parasol, reading the newspapers. He was shirtless, and his body was covered in vicious scars. It was brutal, yet beautiful under the sun.When he saw me,
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Chapter 7
At night, the auction hall gleamed with gold and splendor.That was the pinnacle of the city's vanity fair. It was also a stage where all mafia families came to flaunt their wealth and influence.I entered wearing a fiery red backless gown with my arm hooked around Valentino's.That was the first time I wore red.In the past, Lorenzo would always say that red was too much of a show off for a Donna, so I stuck to wearing white for the past 20 years without so much as a complaint.That night, I was going to be myself again.The moment I entered, I spotted Lorenzo in the crowd. He was in a custom-made tailored suit, with a champagne flute in his hand, talking to someone.Next to him, naturally, was Sofia.Lorenzo seemed to sense something and suddenly looked around. When he saw my arm around Valentino's, the champagne flute in his hand cracked with a thud.Champagne splashed everywhere, but he still did not care."Vittoria…"Lorenzo waded through the crowd and strode over.Sof
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Chapter 8
Lorenzo was in shock, his pupils constricted sharply.Thud! The auctioneer's hammer came down."Twenty-five million. Sold!"A thunderous applause erupted. Amid the applause, Lorenzo's phone lit up. It was a notification from the bank.Just moments ago while he was on a maniacal bid, Valentino's people had severed one of Lorenzo's most critical smuggling routes.To cover the astronomical auction price, Lorenzo faced the risk of a complete cash-flow collapse.I wrapped my arm around Valentino's and left, leaving Lorenzo and Sofia looking in despair.25 million dollars was a lethal blow.Lorenzo bought the expensive rock, but he lost everything else.The other family members were extremely unhappy with him. That money was initially planned to be used as 'toll fees' for a new South Merica shipping route.The funds were gone. The cargo was stranded in international waters, bleeding money by the day.When the news reached Valentino's estate, I was at the firing range.The recoi
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Chapter 9
The acquisition went unnaturally smooth.Valentino's power was at its peak, while Lorenzo's family stood on the brink of collapse. To keep cash flowing, Lorenzo had no choice but to cut away what he loved most.He just did not expect that I was the buyer behind all this.The signing ceremony was set at the site of the abandoned church.Dark clouds pressed low. Wind swept fallen leaves across the ground. It reminded me of the afternoon my parents died.Lorenzo looked hollowed out. His eyes sunken in, his face unshaven. He looked visibly thinner.Sofia followed behind him with a huge baby bump. Her eyes were shifty.When Lorenzo saw that it was me sitting at the main seat, he suddenly stopped in his tracks."Vittoria…"Lorenzo called out to me croakily. His eyes glimmered with hope."Is that really you? You bought this land to help me, right? I knew you still cared for me and the family."He was about to rush over, but the bodyguards stopped him.I carefully went through the
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