Guilty of Being His — The Moretti Check

demanded an answer. And I had been there. I had seen everything. Isabella came to me in tears begging me to take the fall for bianca the morettis had reached some kind of deal with the russos prison was better than falling into russo hands so i said yes i confessed signed a plea deal and was sent to a new york state women's prison at first isabella and mateo still visited

me then isabella came less and less often and mateo stopped coming all together eventually only the family attorney showed up now and then with a few half-hearted messages one day prison held a re-entry class the counselor asked us to write down what we planned to do after our release i thought for a long time before writing i want to see mom and dad the inmate beside me saw

it and laughed that's it of course they'll come get you you're their daughter i smiled but didn't argue but on the day i was released no one came only matteo's assistant was waiting outside the prison he drove me to newark airport and handed me a check an enormous amount of money he didn't say a word he didn't have to the moretti family had abandoned me i didn't take the check those

Those five years were payment enough. My debt to them was settled. I rented a tiny apartment. After weeks of searching, I finally found a restaurant willing to hire someone with a felony

But two weeks later, I was fired. The manager stumbled over his words. Someone doesn't want you working here. I froze and stopped asking questions.

Who else could it be but the Morettis?