Chapter 17 - There is No Hate like Mafia Love

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TW: flashbacks, obscene homophobia (use of slurs), mentions of hate crime and murder. This chapter talks about people being killed for liking the same sex and cross dressing, particularly in the Mafia.

March 31st, 1930

𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓐𝓷𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓷𝔂,     

𝓘 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓲𝓷 𝓰𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽𝓱. 𝓐𝓼 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓮, 𝓘 𝓵𝓮𝓯𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓛𝓸𝓾𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓪 𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓪 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓻𝓸𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓸𝓯𝓯 𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭. 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓮𝔁𝓬𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓘 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓵𝔂 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵𝔂, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝓭𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓵𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓘 𝓵𝓮𝓯𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾. 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮  𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓼𝓷'𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓬𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓵𝔂. 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓷𝓸𝔀, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽.    

𝓘 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓲𝓷. 𝓘'𝓶 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓐𝓷𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓷𝔂. 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓭𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓵𝔂, 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓵𝔂 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓶 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾.    

𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓲𝓽 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓶 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓻𝓾𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼, 𝓘 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪𝓼 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓼. 𝓘 𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓮 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓾𝓹 𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓵 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽. 𝓘'𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓳𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓹𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝔂 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼, 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓘 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂.

𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓘 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽. 𝓘 𝓰𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓷'𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘'𝓶 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓸. 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓸 𝓹𝓾𝓼𝓱𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓘𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝔂 𝓫𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪 𝓱𝔂𝓹𝓸𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮. 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓪𝓷 𝓲𝓭𝓲𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝔃𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽.    

𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔀𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽. 𝓘 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭'𝓿𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓮𝓵𝓼𝓮...    

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