*Caterina*

I managed to hop in my car and drive off before my mom or Elio could stop me. I sped away, not sure where I was going, my mind racing through my entire life, wondering how it could be possible that they had kept such a massive secret from me.

dad was in the mafia?

Elio’s entire family ran the mafia?

How could it be possible?

But when I really considered it, everything started to make a lot more sense. The family connections ...