22 Chapter 9 - Gabriella (2)

"There's no need to get married! The order has been revoked!" my father barks.

"So I've heard… But Papa, they were going to hurt you anyway. Marino was preparing his men to attack us tomorrow. The only way to stop them was if Mariano became the Don, so the soldiers followed his orders and not his father's."

"What do you mean?"

"Mariano made a blood oath with his grandfather. He becomes the new Don of Chicago if he gets married… Mariano now controls the Morellis."

That doesn't seem to satisfy him. In fact, my father sounds even more vexed. "It doesn't matter who their leader is. They're the enemies, Gabriella! They will come after us as they always have for many years. That Mariano tricked you—"