Echoes of the Past: 1

Alessandro

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Alessandro grew up steeped in violence; it surrounded him like an unshakeable fog.

His father, Vito Costello, was the epitome of the mafia lifestyle—loud, boisterous, and unapologetically chaotic. Parties raged in their home, fueled by an endless supply of alcohol and the kind of bravado that only came from a life spent unrepentantly at the top of the food chain.

Vito reveled in his power, flaunting his mistresses while his wife and ex-wife looked on, as if that kind of public debauchery was just another part of the family dynamic.

He wanted his son to be just like him but as much as he tried, Alessandro was different.

He found no attraction to his father's world of excess. While Vito thrived on the attention and extravagant parties, Alessandro preferred the solitude of his room, where the hum of machines provided him comfort his parents could never.

He lost himself in the glow of computer screens, fascinated by the way code could bend reality to his will. The