A Record of Papa’s Death
ShirleyFamilial BondTragic LovePlot TwistsBiasIndependenceChildWinning Back the WifeRegretCountdown
Ever since my husband, the mafia capo Rocco Marchetti, poured all his attention and the family's resources into his brother's widow, the woman whose husband took a bullet for him.
I found our daughter Tessy's diary, where she had started writing, "My Papa is gone."
A nun from her private Catholic school called, asking about his passing.
I paused for a moment. "Yes," I replied. "He passed away a long time ago."
On Father's Day, the school organized a trip to the church to light prayer candles.
While other children wrote cards praying for their fathers' safety, Tessy neatly wrote just two words on hers: "To Heaven."
During the parent-teacher open house, the nuns displayed the children's