Depravity: Moral corruption; wickedness. The innate corruption of human nature, due to original sin.
- V a l e r i o -
"He doesn't know better, Valerio," my father tells me.
"He should listen to me! That's why I'm the leader of the Mafia and he's not!" I yell.
My father nods.
"He still thinks you're dead," I say, calming down.
"I know and it's better this way, trust me," he sighs.
I palm my face.
"You know, Vincenzo is still in contact with Vanna," my father snorts.
"COSA?! Dopo tutto quello che mi ha fatto quell'idiota, parla ancora con lei?!" I roar.
["WHAT?! After everything that idiot did to me, he's still talking to her?!"]
"Yes, Valerio, now calm down-" he starts but I interrupt him.
"NO, NON DEVO 'CALMARMI'! HO IL DIRITTO DI ESSERE ARRABBIATO!" I scream.
["NO, I DON'T HAVE TO 'CALM DOWN'! I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE ANGRY!"]
"Che è it! Ha fatto un errore di troppo. Lo butto fuori dalla Mafia. PER BENE!" I howl.
["That's it! He made one mistake too many. I'll throw him out of the Mafia. FOR GOOD!"
"NO! You can't do that!" my father's voice is frantic.
"And, why is that?" I raise my eyebrows.
He takes a deep breath.
"Because Vincenzo is the only heir to the Mafia!" he yells.
My eyes widen.
"What?"
He covers his mouth.
"I-I'm sorry, Valerio. You weren't supposed to find out like this," he sighs.
"So- That means that . . . I'm not actually your son."
He rubs the back of his neck.
"Come ti permetti? Dopo tutti questi anni a pensare che faccio parte della 'famiglia', non sono nemmeno tuo figlio?" I grit my teeth.
["How dare you? After all these years of thinking I'm part of the 'family', I'm not even your son?"]
"Sei parte della famiglia. Nei nostri cuori," he smiles.
["You are part of the family. In our hearts,"]
"Sei parte della famiglia. Nei nostri cuori," I mock him, "Questa è una BS, proprio come te e la tua stupida famiglia."
["You are part of the family. In our hearts", "This is BS, just like you and your stupid family"]
"What are you two talking about?" Vincenzo walks into the room.
"Nothing!" My father and i both say at the same time.
Great.
Vincenzo gives us a suspicious look before nodding slowly.
We need to make sure that he doesn't find out.
That he doesn't find out that he's the real Don of the Italian Mafia.
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