Amara's POV
If you want to succeed in this business, someday you will have to choose between survival and your heart. I didn't make these rules, I was taught them. You think they would get easier and the scary part, it does. I was as innocent as a dove; I was fresh and new but obviously that all changed. Here I was pulling the trigger as the bullet rounded up into his heart.
The blood splatters everywhere except for myself, I used to be scared to hold these. I used to play with little plastic ones and now here I am. The weight of many lives on my shoulders, I didn't choose this life, I was forced to it. All those books and movies you watch about the Mafia.
Walking towards Matteo's office after having him call me, I knock on the door revealing his voice saying to enter. I pushed the door open and nearly tripped over my steps as I see an older version of Matteo standing on the side of me. "Matteo?"