Chapter 10 - The Family
The incredibly bright hospital lights violently assaulted my eyes as I slowly blinked awake in a quiet, sterile recovery room.
The steady, rhythmic beeping of the heart monitor was the absolute first sound that registered in my groggy mind.
I immediately tried to forcefully sit up, but a sharp, burning pain flared fiercely across my heavily bandaged chest.
A soft, incredibly warm hand gently pressed me back down firmly against the crisp white hospital pillows.
Alina leaned directly over me with deeply beautiful tears of pure joy streaming rapidly down her glowing face.
She happily explained that the bullet had miraculously completely missed my heart by incredibly less than a single millimeter.
I was heavily guarded by loyal men and federal agents who had completely dismantled Matteo's highly corrupt organization entirely.
Matteo had been heavily subdued by federal agents on the dock and was now securely locked away in a maximum-security prison forever.
The government had graciously agreed to absolutely pardon my past crimes in massive exchange for my total cooperation in taking down his syndicate.
For the absolutely first time in my entire adult life, my businesses were completely legitimate and officially free of blood.
The heavy hospital door slowly creaked open, and Sister Mary walked in leading a highly excited little girl.
Sophia ran directly toward the hospital bed, completely ignoring the complex medical wires attached to my arms.
She carefully climbed up onto the soft edge of the mattress and gently hugged my completely uninjured shoulder.
She looked directly up at me with those beautiful green eyes and happily whispered, "I knew you were tough, Daddy."
I forcefully pulled my wonderful wife and my beautiful daughter into a massive, incredibly tight, loving embrace.
The horrific, totally traumatizing nightmare of the past six years was finally, absolutely, and completely over forever.
Three remarkably beautiful months later, I officially and proudly opened the brand new library at the fully restored St. Margaret's orphanage.
We walked happily back to our completely safe, remarkably peaceful new home located safely in the quiet suburbs.
I lovingly tucked Sophia safely into her warm bed and gently kissed her soft forehead a sweet goodnight.
I walked quietly into my private home office and sat down aggressively at my heavy oak desk to check the evening mail.
I slowly unlocked the incredibly secure, heavily encrypted vault hidden completely behind my large wooden bookshelf.
I intentionally pulled out Matteo's confiscated secret phone to ensure all the old criminal accounts were completely permanently closed.
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The dark screen suddenly lit up violently with an incoming message from a completely unknown, highly encrypted international number.
The chilling text message simply read, "Matteo completely failed his mission, but we still have your second child, Marco, so await our instructions."
