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"What have I brought upon my daughter with this habit of mine? Look what I have done to myself and most especially her." Loretta's father lamented in tears as he thought about his daughter with the hot tears streaming down his face.

He missed his daughter so much that it hurt his heart and he felt so lonely for the first time since his wife passed away. Loretta had been his only family and he was now just realizing the impact of her presence in his life all this while now that she was not with him.

He had not been able to stay in the house so he went to a bar where he drank himself into a stupor while missing his only daughter and wondering how she must be doing where she is suffering for his misdeed.

"Oh my goodness, I miss my daughter so much, how do I even know that she's alive? How am I sure that monster of a Mafia has not harmed her?" He asked no one in particular as he belched and grunted in worry as he thought further about Loretta.

Little did he know that his daughter had comm