On Carla's first assassination job, someone inside the family had deliberately leaked the plan.Several bullets tore through her body, and warm blood soaked her clothes.Donatello had nothing to his name, and his position as Don was still shaky. He held the dying Carla tight as he fought his way past their pursuers.Antonio and the rest of his people all told him to let her go, to leave a dying killer at a hospital and let God decide her fate.He didn't listen to any of them. He carried Carla, covered in blood, into a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere.By day, he took the risk of sneaking into the hospital to steal antibiotics and bandages, then carefully tended her infected gunshot wounds.At night, he stayed by her side without sleeping.He knelt beside the bed and gripped her cold hand. For the first time, he set aside his pride and prayed with red-rimmed eyes, begging God not to take Carla from him.On the fourth day, as sunlight streamed in, Carla opened her eyes. "I'm back."Aft
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