His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 63

Christian

“You’re what?” Christian chuckled in disbelief and looked at Lucio, hoping he’d say it was all a joke, but iLucio observed the reactions on his son’s faces and took a deep breath. “I’m sick…I’m dying.” He repeat“Stage four lung cancer…I’m dying.” He spoke once again, looking right into Christian’s eyes. “I-I don’t ustuttered.

Lucio took a deep breath and looked at Gio’s pained expression before his head turned towards Enzo.

“You not getting along is enough to kill me…but I don’t want to leave like this.” He raised his voice at Enztears running down his face.

“Why would you tell us this right now?” Gio spoke while Christian felt as if his own life had ended upon h“Can’t you get treatment?” He stammered as Lucio shook his head. “I can’t.”

“How long before…” Gio tried to hide his tears. “Could be weeks, months, could be years—but we must the worst.” Lucio sighed.

“I haven’t told anyone other than grandpa, not your mom—and absolutely not your sisters, so keep it to“Why would you say this now!” Christian slammed his fist on his desk.

“Don’t,” Lucio tried to calm his nerves, but Christian was not having it.

“Why would you do this to me? Why would you say this to me right now?”

“Because I need you to be ready!” Lucio yelled out, making him stop talking.

“Because I need you to be ready to take over—and I need your brothers to remain by your side, both of Enzo a look.

“Trying to avoid a war with Fabio, forgiving the Sala’s, making sure you are respected—everything I’ve dbecause I’m weak, but because I want you to be powerful!”

“This doesn’t make sense,” Christian whispered with clenched fists.

“Christian, calm down,” Gio spoke, only to get his hand pushed away. “Christian, we don’t have time for asit down and listen!” Lucio yelled.

from

going on between the three of you so I can

had fallen apart. In that

looked at each other. Gio slightly shook his headwhile Enzo had a troubled expression

you’ve pushed us so hard, that there’s nothing left to restore.” Christian closed his eye”This thing I’ve created between the three of you, it has to stop.” Lucio’s

sorry for putting the three of you up against each other. I had done what my father had once done tand I regret it every single day.” Lucio spoke. “The first time I cried for my big brother was when he took and asked me to take care of his sons while he passed

thought about Johnny, Luca, and everything they had gone through. If anytprobably had it worse. Their father died and they were raised by their mother and the uncle they had thodespised. But they pushed through because he took a bullet for Lucio, and Johnny had

that for any of you, anhere anymore…I need the

while Enzo suffered the most and got negle”I can’t go back in time and

looked down at his clenched fists. “Can’t you get any treatment, wdoctor—” Christian who was still

dad has done everything in his power to get better, owouldn’t even have told us this—so please

in a long while, Christian listened to his older brother and

going around, calling his father weak—while there was more goinknow whether he wanted to cry, blame him for not

your help, you need to stand by

What protection? Christian thought.

to

forget it and move

Enzo barely

was the last thing he wanted to do. He put the baby’s life in danger and told him so

he had sent everyone a letter, except not feel sorry at

Lucio had a relieved

don’t want you to deal with any oto remain friendly with Fabio would’ve been the safest way, but now that the circumstances

as well as grandpa back in chaannounced, making all the three

but Lucio shook his head. “I’m scayou were ready, but you still not being able to make key decisions for the greater

chuckled in disbelief. “I get that you’re sick,

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