The Don's Daughter: Love & Betrayal

Forty Eight

Giovanni

Someone is trying to kill Carina. The first accident she was in, it was natural to conclude that they were after De Luca because he does have a lot of enemies. But this time she was alone and those fuckers shot at her car. Thanks to the deceased Don, it was bulletproof so they couldn't get to her. Any other day, another car and she'd be dead. I don't know who they are or why they're after my daughter but when I find them, they'll regret it.

I'll admit that I was the one who blew up De Luca's house because I didn't want them together. Their relationship meant that they could end up getting married and the two organizations would naturally be merged. Carina is a woman and it's surprising that she's lasted this long as the boss. The idea of letting De Luca end up with everything I worked so hard for, was unacceptable. So I tried to break them up the only way I know. However, I didn't think that she was already pregnant with his child. From my point of view, that changes a lot of things.

For starters if she's having a boy then it means he would be the heir to both the De Luca and Lombardi's organization. That I can accept. It's the only reason I let them be. I'm also trying to let her be happy. I knew one day she'd blame me for all the things the Don did to her but I didn't know she would refuse to acknowledge me as her father. Having grown up on the streets, all I wanted was to give my daughters a better life. I had seen first hand what would have happened to them if they had lived like I did. Chances were they'd end up as strippers or prostitutes and I didn't want that.

Convincing Fabrizia to take her son far away had been easy. I painted, in great detail, how the Don would use her son then told her if he was lucky he'd end up dead instead of in prison. When I gave her money and told her to disappear, she couldn't leave fast enough. My plan had been simple. Have the Don take in one of my daughters then get the other one later so they could grow up together like princesses. Luckily Marianna was a lot of work. So that the Don readily agreed to adopt another child when I suggested we get her someone to keep her busy.

Never, in my wildest dreams did I think that they would end up hating each other so much. It was my fault too. We had spoiled Marianna too much. According to Ornella, she was angry since she had been separated from her sister. Separation anxiety. That's what she called it. I tried to make them get along but it was impossible. Sometimes I felt like banging their heads on the wall for causing so much trouble. But I never touched them. Which made me wonder why the Don thought he had a right to do so.

So many times I wanted to kill that man with my own bare hands. I only held back because I was waiting for Carina to grow up. If I had killed him when she was still a child, Russo and Marino would have taken over then everything I'd done would have been for nothing. I can't express just how good it felt to put that bullet in him. Things could have been different if he hadn't had that fucker Michael try to rape her. Maybe he'd still be alive or maybe not. Either way, doing that had gotten the ball rolling.

I always knew such a day would come and I was prepared for it. For years, I trained my own men so that they would protect Carina when the time came. Taking over the organization hadn't been hard. But keeping it is harder than I thought it would be. What's bothering me now is the fact that I don't know who's targeting Carina. It could be anyone. Russo, Marino, someone who doesn't want her to be the boss, or even Marianna. I wouldn't put it past her. I also don't understand how they spent nine months together but still came out hating each other so much. Aren't twins supposed to be inseparable or something?

"Boss, we've already delivered the stuff. Everything went well" Saul, says pulling me from my thoughts. It's past two in the morning.

"Good. Go get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a big day and I'll need all of you alert"