Part of her wanted to go after him and fight for what they once had, but the years of division spanned longer than her reach. There was nothing she could say or do that would take back what she had done to him. The day she left, she had crushed everything they could have had together. Now all that was left was distance.
She grabbed her laptop to pull up the files she had saved. There had to be something in there that could be used in exchange for his freedom from them. She wasn’t convinced the mafia would let him leave with all he knew, but since he seemed content enough to let it be it was up to her to find a way to save him. She might have failed him once, but she wouldn’t do it again. This time she’d prove to him that there was something worth fighting for.
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