Chapter 10 - The New Family
Thick gray smoke completely filled the small room as the dust slowly began to settle.
Clara coughed violently and checked Leo, finding the toddler entirely unharmed and safely protected.
Rico pushed himself up from the floor, his ears bleeding slightly from the immense shockwave.
The heavy steel blast doors of the maintenance room had completely shielded them from the deadly shrapnel.
They looked across the debris and found Victor lying motionless on the floor, killed instantly by a falling concrete beam.
Rico silently closed his brother-in-law's eyes, finally burying the tragic ghosts of his violent past.
They climbed slowly through the ventilation shafts until they reached the crisp, fresh air of the surface.
Six months later, the peaceful afternoon sun warmed the beautiful terrace of their new home in Tuscany.
Rico held Clara incredibly close while Leo happily chased a yellow butterfly across the vibrant green grass.
They had completely left the violent mafia life behind and found the beautiful family they all truly deserved.
Then the heavy wooden security gates of the massive villa slowly creaked open.
A silent courier in a dark suit handed Clara a small, completely unmarked envelope containing a single black rose.
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Tucked perfectly beneath the dark petals was a photograph of her supposedly dead sister standing next to the head of the Russian syndicate.
The chilling, handwritten note simply read that it was finally time to pay her family's ultimate debt.
