The Don’s Final Chapter
“She got hooked on drugs, her mind barely holding together. She often hallucinated. She was either found raving or weeping, but one thing was for sure, she kept repeating Vincent’s name and yours.
“About three days after Vincent was executed, she was found drowned near a remote pier in the port.”
I listened quietly, my eyes darting to the Alps outside the window. The year-round snow was pure and untainted.
One fell to the weight of the law, ruined and disgraced.
The other lost herself in quiet despair, silent and unseen.
This ending, more than any dramatic death, showed life’s harsh reality and fate’s irony.
“Is everything cleared?” I asked.
“Yes, Ms. Mancini. Evelyn and everything tied to t