The rain lashed down outside."All the doctors! Get in here! Now!" Maria's voice ripped through the villa.But no one answered.I lay in a pool of my own blood, consciousness fading in and out.When I heard footsteps again, I looked up to see Liliana."Don, don't worry, the doctors are doing everything they can," she murmured into her phone.I could faintly hear Alessandro's furious voice on the other end, but Liliana quickly hung up."The Don's orders have arrived," Liliana said, her voice stripped of all warmth."Save the child. Not the mother.""What? But Donna, she...""Maria, are you defying the Don's will?"A sob caught in Maria's throat. Her shoulders slumped in defeat.A few minutes later, a seedy doctor reeking of alcohol rushed in.He glanced at my deathly pale face, then at the phone."Is that really what the Don wants?"Maria nodded, tears streaming down her face.The doctor pulled out a scalpel, brandishing it near my face."Then don't blame me, Donna."I tried to fight, b
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