Chapter 10 - The Unforgiven Debt
Dominic Gallo traded his entire criminal empire for the safety of his family.
He provided the federal government with enough evidence to completely dismantle the New York and Chicago syndicates.
In exchange, he received full legal immunity and the right to keep his legitimate real estate businesses.
He married Layla in a beautiful, private ceremony on the shores of a quiet lake.
They moved into a massive, heavily guarded lakeside mansion far away from the city.
The twins, Leo and Aria, grew into healthy, joyful toddlers who filled the home with endless laughter.
Layla finally had the family and the love she had always desperately dreamed of.
Dominic had found a bright, beautiful light in the darkness of his past.
Everything seemed perfectly resolved and absolutely safe.
On the afternoon of the twins' first birthday, a heavy wooden box arrived on their front porch.
Layla smiled, assuming it was a gift, and carefully opened the unlabelled package.
She let out a blood-curdling scream that brought Dominic running from the garden.
Inside the velvet-lined box sat a tarnished silver bird locket dripping with fresh, wet blood.
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A handwritten note beneath it read that the Gallo family debts are never truly forgiven.
The signature at the bottom belonged to Dominic's father, a man who had supposedly died ten years ago.
