*Giovani*
There was awkwardness in the air as Olivia stared up at me with those wide, innocent eyes. It was clear to me that she had no clue what I was talking about.
I could feel Tallon and Gabriele’s eyes on me, wondering what I was going to say, but no matter how much I tried, the words wouldn’t fall from my lips.
It was like there was a hard ball of lead stuck in my throat, cutting off my airway, and all I could do was try to swallow it down pathetically.
I had a choice to make right here.
I could keep silent and not tell her that everything she had thought was true was actually not–that her mother had been hired by the former head of an Italian mafia family, and she had grown up with their kids like siblings.
