The Calculated Love Was Gone
Lily took off her glasses, but her face was still full of pleasure.
"But this book, The Caged Bird and the Lion, is just magnificent. Even though it's fiction, the descriptions of Mafia family life are so real, it's like the author lived it."
Lorenzo scoffed. "Boring fantasies. What do those writers know about the Mafia?"
He reached for a file, but his eyes were drawn to the book Lily had placed on the table.
The pages were open to a drawing of a white bird imprisoned in a golden cage, with a majestic lion standing outside.