The next day, the signed papers arrived.Renato's signature was blurred at the edges, like something had fallen on the ink.I let out a long, slow breath. It was done.In my relief, I completely forgot about Luca.He, however, had not forgotten about me. The reports kept coming."Don fired Noemi today.""Noemi went to confront him, crying, went on for a while. The Don spaced out, waited until she was done, asked what she'd just said, remembered he'd fired her, and had security escort her out.""Noemi intercepted the Don on his way home. He had me teach her a lesson. Turns out she begs when she's cornered."I told him, firmly, to stop sending reports.But Renato was true to his word on the other matter.He became a fixture in my life, every day without fail, circling, appearing, finding reasons to be where I was.He wanted to be a nuisance; I refused to be what he was pestering.I decided it was time to settle this properly.My father called in the heads of the Five Families to serve as
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