CLAIMED BY THE MAFIA DON
"I have failed you so, so much in my goddamn life, and I don’t think I will ever be able to repay that, to give you that.”
His hand trembled in mine, and I could see the storm in his eyes.
“I just feel so powerless,” he continued, “while I’ve been feeling so powerful, so far, so strong for so long... But what’s power if you can’t protect the people that mean the most to you? If you can’t protect the people that you love and care about?”
The words fell heavy between us, like shattered glass, sharp, cutting, impossible to ignore.
“But I don’t blame you,” I was quick to say, desperate for him to hear me. “I don’t blame you. And everything is okay....everyone is okay. I’m okay. Everyone is okay.