Chapter 56

For the next five days after the burial of the mafia lord, Ricky refused to sleep anywhere except Dominic's room. Worse, he wouldn't talk to anyone in the house no matter how he was forced to talk. The only time he joined their conversation was whenever he heard Dominic's name being mentioned which was rare. They had to force him to eat his meals every time they offered him some. Most of the time, their efforts to get him to eat were always futile. Melissa became worried about her father and she consulted a specialist who made her realize that her father was suffering from the guilt of knowing that he could have stopped the death of a loved one but he hadn't. The doctor had made her realize that the only way to help such people break free from such a thing was a change of environment.

So, Melissa had decided she was leaving with her father back to Hawaii the very next day. As it was already, she was getting tired of the way Elio had been ignoring her and the way Jessie had bee