Taken by my stepfathers
"They’re kings in this city. The Moretti family... they run the docks, the transit, and the unions. When Don Moretti was alive, nobody could touch them. The brothers... they take whatever they want. You saw what they did to me on that bed. They do that every Tuesday. And I smile, because if I don't, I disappear."
A slow, cruel smirk spread across my lips. This girl was completely brainwashed, living under the shadow of a ghost empire.
"Don Moretti is dead, Mia," I said softly.
She stiffened, her eyes widening. "Everyone knows he died in a turf war in the Bronx. The Schmidts killed him."
"I killed him," I corrected.
The bathroom went dead silent, save for the faint dripping of the gold faucet
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