Chapter 78 - Gaps in memory...

Lilianna

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I told them everything, every little detail. How I was sexually assaulted by my own father how I met Marco in the night club on my nineteenth birthday and ran away from home and everything that followed.

To this day, my family has no idea who the man was. The Costellos were always our enemies; if my father or uncles knew, they would have killed him long ago. The war between the Brunos and Costellos was bound to happen, but at least, I wasn't the one who started it. I wasn't the reason for the bloodiest conflict in our history.

These three women were the first to know my story. Not even Marco knows, and sometimes it feels like I don't know the full story either.

The flashes come, a strange déjà vu, so vivid it feels real. I'm left questioning everything—did it happen, or is my mind playing tricks on me?

The uncertainty gnawed at me. Every flash feels like a fragment, a puzzle piece that doesn't quite fit. I see faces, hear voices, but they're just out of reach,