Discarded Gem
He had struck gold, that much was quite obvious to him and he could feel the elation coursing through his veins. This was better than anything he could ever have guessed.
Nicolás was married to the missing Caruso girl.
Don Roberto could recall vividly the night it had happened. He had made plans with his men, the Loveni family and the Mirouti who was run jointly by the Carusos and the Hernandez, a family from Mexico were at loggerheads.
The Loveni family at that time had incurred too many losses due to Mirouti's consistent sabotage and Don Roberto had settled on using the child as a form of recompense. She was the gem of the Carusos, a small, beautiful, quiet child. Every single person who met Astrid Caruso was completely taken by her beauty and manners even though she had just been a child.