Sealed Envelopes

8.They don't know

Dominic Escobar Zorretti

It's only been 24 hours since Silas and Athena flew off to some island he bought her. Athena's cove is what he named it. Fucking psychopath is madly in love with that woman. I'm happy for my brother and my baby sister in law. I'm praying just like everyone else she pushes through and kick cancers ass.

I've stepped up to the plate and I'm overseeing the mafia right now. Maddoxin and our son are here with me at the new house we bought. She found out it was a boy right before all this drama. Silas didn't have much time to tell me what needs to be sorted but as I know my brother his lazy ass left everything for me. They don't know I'm the brains as far as organizational skills and tech while Silas is the muscle, fear and intelligence all wrapped in one.
Our father trained us very well and at a young age. We're 8 years apart yet so alike yet so different. As much as we loved our father he cheated on our mother. That's something she never forgave him for. I know there's more to why she never forgave him. My mother couldn't have children after me. Child birth was too much on her small frame. I was a farely large baby too which didn't help. My father wanted lots of children. He always wanted a daughter. He said he needed someone to tame him. Once my mother died in her sleep, my father went a rampage and hung himself. He left letters for us to read once he died. He planned it out in his will. Silas hasn't laid a finger on his personal letter. Silas hasn't really been bothered with his letter but I ripped mines opened once it was mailed to me. It was nothing but bullshit except that he has a secret he kept from us. A secret only him, my mother and the third party involved knew.

Since Silas left me in charge I'm going to manage all his mess and my father's. Hopefully this man didn't kill my mother. I swear if he did and covered her death up......I don't even want to think the thought.

After a few hours I had all the shipments planned out. The mail was properly organized, all the hitman had been pain in advance for services. All of our warehouses were at top security and all the drugs/weapons accounted for. I had finally found the damn letter. Silas had it in the one place he knew I wouldn't look. Inside his wall safe. It's a giant picture of Athena pained in oil paint. It's so beautiful you forget it's even a damn safe. I grab the sealed envelope and sat down in his desk chair. This was the only thing Silas kept of his. An old red oak desk.

Breaking the seal I began to read the first page of 4. Tears filled my eyes. I kept reading until I finished the entire letter. My father has a daughter. Silas and I have a sister. I couldn't believe my father betrayed my mother this way. That's why she died of a heartbreak. My father made another child with another woman. The letter said my father lied and manipulated her in the beginning. He fell in love with her but she left him once she found out the truth. That he was not only in the Italian mafia but also a very married man with two children. This was a disgusting disgrace in the mafia world. You can cheat all you want and be shunned by people but never disrespect your wife by having a child outside your marriage. Women can't get out of marriage in the mafia unless the man dies. My mother couldn't leave even if she wanted to. That's the most heartbreaking part. The letter said the name of my sister and her mother who is now deceased.