Chapter 44. Make It Possible

But as the days and nights passed in the hospital, I couldn’t help but feel a growing sense of fear and uncertainty. The attack that had nearly killed us both had shown just how vulnerable we were and how little control we really had over our fate.

And as I lay there thinking about everything that had transpired, I realized something else, too. Despite all the danger and violence that surrounded us, my love for Riccardo had only grown stronger.

Every time he came to visit me in the hospital – his eyes filled with concern and his hands gentle on my skin, I felt a rush of emotion flooding through me. And every time he spoke to me about our future together, promising that we would build a new life away from the mafia world someday, I knew deep down that I wanted nothing more than to be with him forever.

It was one night when we were alone in my hospital room that things finally came to a head between us. Riccardo was sitting by my bed, reading to me from one of my fav