Chapter 67

“You care about your family, the ones who are blood, and if you can care about them, you can still care. You can care about her. It won’t bring your kingdom crumbling down.”

“What do you need, Gino, huh? Do you need me to tell you it’s okay and you can stop feeling guilty?… Well, you can. I shot him, not you. I pulled the trigger and killed him at point-blank range to protect both of you. She put a gun in my hand, and I did what I needed to do to make sure all three of us got out of that car alive. It’s not on you how I became or what life I chose after that, and it’s not on you to feel guilty for it because I sure as hell don’t.” Alexi sounds less manic and more controlled as he gets a grip on his own emotions and calms down.

My head is racing with possibilities. From the mention of his mother, I know it has something to do with the situation with Santagato, and I wonder if someone came after his mother when they were young boys. Alexi shot their attacker, which changed