The Mafia Darling

Chapter 1

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Hailey

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"Miss Hailey, it is time to wake up"

I slowly open my eyes, adjusting to the light entering my bedroom from the windows. It seems today is going to be a sunny day. I sit upright on my bed as my eyes look towards my bedroom door to see Lucy, one of our maids.

"Good morning Lucy" I said as I stood up from my bed, stretching my arms as I did so

"Good morning Miss Hailey. Miss Alice requested that you and your siblings eat with her and Sir Christopher" she says as she hands me my robe, "do you want me to prepare your clothes for the day?"

I smile at her as I grab my robe, "Lucy, I thought I told you that it was okay not to do that. Waking me up is enough, especially with my alarm constantly not working for me. I'm already questioning why I even try" I laugh as I turn off my morning alarm.

Lucy giggles, "Very well Miss Hailey. Shall I go ahead and inform them that you will be down in a few minutes?"

"Yes please. Thank you."

Lucy smiles and nods before leaving my room.

I look at myself at my vanity mirror, untangling some knots in my black hair before heading to my bathroom.

A few minutes later...

Once I was done preparing, I grabbed my backpack and headed downstairs to our dining area and was greeted by my older brothers and a couple of head soldiers. Why were there soldiers? It's because we belong to the Costello Mafia with our father as the mafia boss.

Our family legacy started when my great-great-great grandfather immigrated during the Great Immigration from Italy, with the mission to expand the connections from our origins in Palermo, Italy as he was the third born son to his father and therefore not the heir to the Mafia family back home. Although it seems like he was disowned, his actions were actually blessed by his father as an opportunity for expansion to America.

His legacy then continued on to this year, the year 2025, surpassing major events such as the Civil Versus Mafia War of 2015, the Mafia Reformation of 2017 and the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020, wherein my father is now the ruling Mafia Boss of Nevada. Ironically though, we lived in California for our education and Dad could easily work with his loyal caporegimes around.

Since I already introduced a little bit of my dad, I guess it wouldn't hurt to continue introducing the rest of my family history.

My father, Christopher Costello, is a very loving and supportive father to us. When the Civil Versus Mafia War was brewing, he immediately took all the risks in asking the alliance of the California Mafia Boss and transferred us to California, since our safety was better here. When everything cooled down, our whole life was already in California and we weren't able to see ourselves living anywhere else. So Dad continues to sacrifice his time and patience by living in California even when his work asks him to be in Nevada, though sometimes he travels there at least once a month.

Then there was our mother, Alice Costello. She is probably one of the most kind-hearted person anyone would ever meet that you wouldn't believe she was the wife of a mafia boss. They were high school sweethearts with Dad and they stayed strong all throughout the years. Unlike Dad, Mom was not really in the mafia business but it did not stop their love story, but even when they were married, Mom still loves doing the house chores especially since she chose to be a housewife and watch over us rather than just offering us to nannies. We had some nannies, but they were only there to help Mom.