Farewell, My Loves by Jen Tirone

Author:Jen Tirone [Tirone, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Jen Tirone
Published: 2016-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

For years I’d been against my husband’s line of work.

I was spoiled in luxuries he afforded because of what he did, but I never wanted any of it.

I would have taken a leaky basement apartment and worked two jobs myself, if it meant my husband would be legit.

But alas, my wishes never came true, and my childhood-friend-turned-husband, does what he does and will now have to pay the price of the crime.

Well, only one of the crimes.

I had to light a candle this Sunday, to thank God Giorgio was only arrested for this felony, and not for the uglier crimes.

Believe me, I knew the irony in thanking the man upstairs at all. But that He didn’t let my husband get arrested for his murders, but his bribery—I had to thank him, because things could have been worse.

Once the squad cars took off, I ran inside my building, right past all the onlookers who gathered about to see what the commotion was.

Charlie only got my attention because he had Enzo in his arms and I was grateful he took hold of my little guy somehow when it all happened.

I called Domenico immediately and Gio’s brothers were already with him so I covered all three in one shot. He told me he’d call their lawyer and that they’d all come over to hear in person what had ensued.

I think that was the most my father-in-law and I had ever really spoken to each other.

When they all arrived, I went straight for the bar and served all of us a whiskey.

I could care less I never drank a drop of it in my life. This situation called for the hard stuff.

Chiara, the thorn in my side, was inconsolable and hanging off of me the first few minutes, it was suffocating.

Lord knows I love a good, dramatic cry, but there was a time and place for it, and right now with Gio being carted off to jail, by fucking Michael nonetheless, now was not the time to get lost in a river of useless tears.

Carmine Angelo, the family attorney, questioned me to exhaustion.

“I have to tell you, this doesn’t look good. They’re stating witnesses at the Mayor’s gala last night overheard Giorgio clearly stating to a police officer that he should be accepting the financial contribution he’s been offered,” he says, shaking his head.

“These witnesses are going to testify in court. Bribery will get Giorgio a year or two behind bars. What the hell would make him lose his snap judgment like that and confront an officer at a party?” Carmine questioned out loud.

Domenico, looking straight at me like I’m to blame, asks me to recount the gala timeline again. I tell them the order of events all over again, but each time I tell them, I tell them I didn’t know Michael, having met him for the first time that night.

“Mia nuora, tell me. Why would you be dancing with an officer at the party last night if you only just met him?” Domenico asks me.

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