Chapter 7

Robert

Margaret, my wife, was the sweetest person I ever had in my life. I fell in love with her at the first sight, but woefully, it was the toughest struggle to have her in my life. She was a simple girl, very beautiful, hailing from a decent family, and I, on the contrary, was the wretch of the dark world, the only son of the mob leader John Evans, who was brought up in the midst of knives and countless murders. Nothing was similar between her and me, yet I couldn’t help but fall for her, a sweet and simple middle-class girl who had the best smile in the world.

My family, my friends, and every person from our gang cautioned me to stay away from her, but my heart wouldn’t simply listen. I knew she was like a candle that would bring brightness in a person’s life, but I am a badger who needs to stay in the dark to hunt for its prey. Both of us could never be one. We are people from two different poles who can never ever stay together. Still knowing everything, I s