Imprisoned by the Don I Called Mine
My emaciated body, all sharp angles and jutting ribs, met the cool air of the car.
My shame had been torn to shreds by Lorenzo himself, the day I stood in that courtroom three years ago.
I closed my eyes. The memories flooded back.
The trial. Three years ago.
Don Lorenzo Romano, the Godfather who controlled half of New York’s underworld.
He stood on the witness stand in his expensive, tailored suit. He was elegant. He was cruel. And he showed the jury my deepest scars—the ones no one could see.
“Members of the jury,” Lorenzo’s voice echoed, cold and calm. “My wife, Isabella Rossi, was six years old when she watched her mother get shot to death. Her father ran, leaving her mother behind to di