NINETEEN.

*** THREE DAYS LATER***

I step out of the black SUV that pulls up outside the clinic I’ve been asked to visit by Don Valentino. I wait for Riccardo to close the door behind me and lead the way.

I am not entirely sure why I have been brought here and forced to see another doctor since Selena has been taking great care of me.

I suppose I am fortunate; not many people get the chance to have a second doctor examine them.

Following my consultation, I’d like to see my father at the hospital. I was made aware yesterday, that my father collapsed at work, and was whisked away by an ambulance.

I was also informed that Don Valentino made it abundantly clear that my father was to be taken care of with the utmost professionalism.

It shocked me to my core to learn this as I know my father and Don Valentino have never seen eye-to-eye, and if my father was given the opportunity, he would rob Don Valentno of his life with a giant grin on his face.

As we exit the elevator and walk down a small