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“Salvatore, I’m just afraid that we’re reckless. In our world, problems are not resolved in court rooms. It’s guns and bullets, Sasa, and I don’t want others to get hurt.”
“Fuck that. If you want to keep my hands clean, it’s a little too late for that. You know the rule.”
A man that wasn’t stained by blood, couldn’t lead a famiglia. It was written in a code, we both knew it.
“Yes, but that’s not what I mean. I don’t want to cause trouble. For anyone.”
“Grazia, this is about you and me. Just us. Marry me.”
“Salvatore…”
“Marry. Me.”
“So is this it? Either I marry you, or you send me back to my father?”
God was witness that I adored this woman, but she had the gift of driving me insane.
“Do you really think I would let anyone hurt you? Upset you? If you don’t want to see Fabiano ever again, I’ll take care of that. Wanting to marry you – like I should have years ago – is something else entirely.”
“Salvatore, I love you. I want to be with you.
I’ve never wanted anyone else. I just…”
“No. No but, no just.” The hesitance on her face was killing me. “My phone keeps ringing, Grazi. It’s probably Pietro, and Yannis, and every lieutenant in thefamigliacalling to say that your brothers are looking for you. It’s been long enough, they know where you are. By now the entire city knows where you are. There will be war, there will be yelling, there will be fights, and there will be men going at each other’s throats. That was decided when you came to sleep in my bed. Even if you go back to Giovani now, he would still want to put a bullet in my knee out of principle. Fuck, Giorgio would probably want to do it for the fun of it. I’m ok with all that shit, but I want you to wear my fucking name and be my fucking wife when we get out there to face the world.”
“I’m scared. I love you and I love my brothers and I don’t want you to start shooting at each other!”
“It happened before.”
“That was just ego. What you’re proposing is war.”
“Mio cuore sanguine per te, Grazia[40]. In how many ways do I have to say it for you to understand? You said yes to me a thousand times before. You promised to be my wife. What the fuck do I have to do to make you say it one more time? Marry me.”
She looked up at the ceiling looking for answers. Her body stiffened on the mattress next to me and she even stopped breathing for a few seconds. That short moment, so short it didn’t count in a lifetime, was the most excruciating I’ve ever lived.
Finally, the wait passed and Grazia took a deep breath.
“Yes.”
That’s all I needed. The church, the vows, that was just formality. Grazia Caputo has just become my wife. Here in this bed from where she left me only days ago.
“Tell me again.”
“Sasa.” There were sparkling tears, but no sadness, or regret. Finally, she was free of all that, and for the first time in years, I saw the Grazia I grew up loving looking back at me. Completely in love. Completely mine.
My chest fucking cracked, opened, and sucked her in next to my heart.
“Tell me, Grazi.”
Her hands grabbed my face.
“I will marry you. No matter what happens, I’ll marry you.”
She kissed me, but it wasn’t anywhere near enough.
“It was about time you came to your senses,Tesoro.”
The perfect harmony in the room was broken as fast as it appeared, when Pietro bulged in like a bull at the corrida. He was red in the face, definitely angry, and I was ready to wipe off that ugly look he was giving Grazia.
