Chapter 74

WEST Everyone stayed quiet on the way to the jet. There are so many questions that it’s hard to know where to begin, and none of us want to bombard Lily after the day she’s had. We’re going to ensure she can’t sit down for a week when we give her the spanking she’s due, but for now, we’re going to give her space to heal and come to terms with everything that happened. But after we take off, we’re all surprised and relieved that she breaks the silence. “I’m sorry I kept another secret.” “Why did you?” I ask. “Angelo Constantine wanted nothing to do with his family’s Mafia ties, so he created his own legacy. He built Constantine Holdings from nothing and turned it into the most successful hotel chain in the country. Carmine had him murdered, his own brother, so he could take control of my father’s wealth, and he killed everyone who knew my true parentage. Everyone except my mother and her uncle, Giovanni. And the only reason he didn’t go after them was because he knew he’d never get away