Consumed by the Mafia
Lucy still wasn't here, but I told myself she was fine, ignoring how my gut had been twisting from her absence.
Vinnie was another story. He had that kid-like smile on, rubbing his hands together over the steaming bowl of soup. He could pretend everything was fine, that I was actually believing the lies he spun to me, but I was about to pistol-whip him if he didn't stop winking at me.
Nonna moved with quiet precision, ladling soup into ceramic bowls like this wasn't the most calculated day of our lives. She didn't speak. Didn't look at any of us. Just moved, slow, steady, methodical.
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