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2024-07-27 22:53:46Rocco's POV
Ignoring the emptiness I suddenly felt when her body was lowered feet down the ground, I glanced away to stop myself from breaking down but it was impossible because the action alone hit me hard.
She is gone. Never to be seen again.
I want to break down now but I can not. I am a man. I have a wife who is looking up to me. The way Valentina reacted to her death was shocking and I have to control myself so she doesn't end up crying again.
But I can't hold it back.
How can I when this woman meant so much to me? Is it the pain of losing her when I least expected it? Or the pain of thinking about the people who killed her?
Maybe if it had been a natural death, I wouldn't be in so much anguish. Maybe if it weren't planned by the people I know, I wouldn't be hurt this way.
Why her? Why Mother?
Everybody loved her. She was a great woman. She was wealthy but no one knew she was because her husband was handling everythi
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