chapter 86

{"messages":[{"id":927501867,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"But her father... She was so ashamed of her father ..."},{"id":927501868,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"And so disgusted, too ..."},{"id":927501869,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"He’d sacrificed Katie to save his own skin ..."},{"id":927501870,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"How could he do that to her? ..."},{"id":927501871,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"How could he do that to all of them? ..."},{"id":927501872,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"What kind of monster was he? ..."},{"id":927501873,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"What did my father say? ..."},{"id":927501874,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( asked quietly from behind her )"},{"id":927501875,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"His footsteps so silent she hadn’t even heard him approach ..."},{"id":927501876,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( She shook her head )"},{"id":927501877,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Nothing ..."},{"id":927501878,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Then why are you so upset? ..."},{"id":927501879,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( She turned to face him )"},{"id":927501880,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"He was so kind to me, but he wouldn’t be if he knew who my father was ..."},{"id":927501881,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"He probably wouldn’t like who your father was, but he wouldn’t hold it against to you, cara ..."},{"id":927501882,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"My father is a bigger man than that ..."},{"id":927501883,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"How did he get hurt? ..."},{"id":927501884,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( He leaned against the wall next to her )"},{"id":927501885,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"He decided to leave the mafia ..."},{"id":927501886,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"So they shot him? ..."},{"id":927501887,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Yes ..."},{"id":927501888,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"How old were you when it happened? ..."},{"id":927501889,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Seventeen ..."},{"id":927501890,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Just a teenager! ..."},{"id":927501891,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Yes ..."},{"id":927501892,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She heard something in his voice that made her look closely at him and she saw the shadow of grief in his eyes ..."},{"id":927501893,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"It must have been terrible for you ..."},{"id":927501894,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"It was ..."},{"id":927501895,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She waited for him to say more, hoped he’d say more because she so badly wanted to understand him, but he didn’t ..."},{"id":927501896,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Instead he straightened, and held her hand ..."},{"id":927501897,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Come, cara, let’s return to the house, join the others again ..."},{"id":927501898,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Tonight is supposed to be a celebration, a chance to welcome you into the family ..."},{"id":927501899,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"There will be plenty of opportunities to talk about the past, but tonight is about the present and our plans for the future ..."},{"id":927501900,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Hand in hand they returned to the dining room where everyone was just taking their places at the long tables ..."},{"id":927501901,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Jillian was disappointed to discover that she and Vittorio would not be sitting next to each other but across the large square table from each other ..."},{"id":927501902,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"But Vittorio did not neglect her during the lengthy meal ..."},{"id":927501903,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Instead she felt his eyes on her time and again ..."},{"id":927501904,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"And more than once she felt as though he was seducing her with his warm gaze ..."},{"id":927501905,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Using his dizzying physical presence to arouse her, weaken her, make her want him ..."},{"id":927501906,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"He didn’t realize she always wanted him ..."},{"id":927501907,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"He didn’t realize she would always want him as she’d fallen in love with him ..."},{"id":927501908,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Hopelessly in love ..."},{"id":927501909,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"While the family talked, switching easily between Italian, Sicilian and English for Jillian to understand ,she tried to imagine life without Vittorio but couldn’t ..."},{"id":927501910,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Even when she was tlking with his grandmother she was Looking at him from time to time ..."},{"id":927501911,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Remembering the way he held Joe, as well as the way he reacted when he know the truth , the way he wanted to protect her , the way he made love to her ..."},{"id":927501912,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"To Be Continued ..."},{"id":927501913,"character_id":19868764,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Note : the next chapter will contain ud83dudd1eud83dudd1eud83dudd1e , so be ready ud83dude09ud83dude09"}]}