Ten Years, One Abandonment
The nights in Vicente were a coexistence of order and gunfire.
Tonight was the wedding, ten years overdue, between Anthony Oliver, the don of the Oliver mafia family, and Mabel Samson, the woman who had stood beside him through bloodshed, betrayals, and underworld wars.
A top-tier luxury hotel had been cleared by the family's soldati. Below them glittered a sea of city lights; above them bloomed fireworks commissioned for the future Donna alone.
The man known for his ruthlessness knelt on one knee with a rare diamond ring, his eyes filled with rare tenderness.
"Mabel," he said, "you walked through hell at my side. Let me give you peace for the rest of your life."
It seemed that all the