The night Marco Vitale takes the throne, I’m supposed to be his Donna.
Instead, he hands the ring to his mistress Bianca — and poisons my whiskey. That was life one.Â
Life two, I stepped aside. He strangled me anyway.
Third life, I’m done playing nice. I’m sneaking into the Family holding cell, cutting the chains off Marco’s caged older brother Dante, and putting him on the throne — on my terms.
Half the Family. My seat at the table. Marco and Bianca in the basement, starving.
This time, the Don wears heels.
I Buried The Don And Took His Throne Chapter 04 Half My Crew Marco storms in wearing a black suit, rage all over his face. Bianca trails behind him, sniffling, half her face swollen up like a plum. His eyes land on the burnt dress in the fireplace and his pupils shrink. “Sloane Crestwell! Jealous,
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I Buried The Don And Took His Throne Chapter 03 The Slap Heard Through the Compound That same night, I saw through the chains with a wire cutter and walk Dante out through the tunnel my grandfather dug back in the seventies. I stash him at an old Crestwell safehouse across the river, with two
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I Buried The Don And Took His Throne Chapter 02 The Brother in the Cage Just past midnight, I pull on black, slip past every guard on rotation, and head down to the sub-basement of the compound. The one no one talks about. On the way, my head fills with the last two endings. First
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I Buried The Don And Took His Throne Chapter 01 Two Lives, Two Bullets The night Marco Vitale takes the throne as Don, he calls me and his mistress, Bianca Russo, into the same room. “You two work it out between yourselves,” He says, swirling his whiskey. “Who wants the seat next to me.” First
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