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And then came Vincenzo. Gorgeous. Sweet. Kindhearted. Diabolical. A conundrum.
The nicest, yet the deadliest. He was the only one I hadn’t figured out completely.
Yet.

📚Fallen Rook

Today was going to be different, and I had a certain Italian boy with whiskey eyes to blame for the occasion. I was walking into the unknown, no matter how well prepared I was.

📚Fallen Rook

I thought we could reach the sun but it got away
Instead we fell into the void when the darkness came

A living hell, I think you feel the same
Regret the parts of me I let you break

I could lure the Camorra’s social butterfly into my web.
Watch him thrash, struggle, and beg as I swallowed him whole.

📚Fallen Rook

Can you turn back time?
To change what you have done
To shape who you become

Do you bleed for something
Or will you die for nothing?

I hated when innocent folks got caught in the crossfire of underworld drama. It was rude, unnecessary, and gave the Mafia a bad rep. Couldn’t we just kill each other in peace?

📚Fallen Rook

next time you stalk me you should come say hi

I rejected any hope that promised, but would never materialize into, a happy ending.

📚Fallen Rook

"What can I do to make you leave me alone?”
“Kiss me,”
“Kiss you?”
“Yeah. I need to know if I’m attracted to men or not.”
“Stop embarrassing yourself, Enzo.”
“I thought you said you were bi.”
“I am.”
“What’s the problem, then?”
“That I also have standards."

📚Fallen Rook

“You’re harassing a federal agent,”
“I’m just trying to say thank you.”
“You already did. Eight times. Now fuck off.”
“How’s it fair that you can stalk me for three years but I can’t even walk you to your car this one time?”
“I’m not stalking you; I’m doing my damn job.”
“To-may-to, to-mah-to.”
“Go away, Enzo.”
“You’re my guardian angel, and it’s basic manners that I let you know how much I appreciate it.”
“I will arrest you if you don’t stop.”
“See, now you’re just threatening me with a good time. I’d pay good money to have you put handcuffs on me.”

📚Fallen Rook

“Go away, Enzo,”
“Can’t. You saved my life. We’re brothers in arms now.”

I had no doubt that, had he been born to a different family, he would have chosen another career path.
Perhaps a circus clown.

📚Fallen Rook

Every time I followed him and he’d caught me, he’d flash me his wiseass smile and wink at me. Sometimes he’d blow me a kiss. Sometimes even offer an autograph. One time, when he caught me with my partner, Sully, who was taking pictures of him outside a suspected whorehouse, the little shit struck a pose and put his chin on his shoulder, pressing his index finger to his lips.

📚Fallen Rook