"Why?" It was all she could muster to ask as her fist clamped into a ball. Massimo held his head down before sighing loudly. "I was a foolish man then, Cara Mia. I was so paranoid and afraid of losing everything I built like my father almost had. Your father helped stop me from making so many terrible mistakes, but when I saw pictures of him talking to the Feds, I didn't know what to think."

Luciana looked at Cara Mia with a sad smile. "I know you're not his biological daughter, but you remind me of him so much." Cara Mia looked at the woman with kind eyes and...