Chapter 10 - The King and the Child
Massimo pushed open the swinging doors to the kitchen.
Carla was kneeling on the floor, holding little Nina tightly against her chest. She had heard the gunshot and thought the traitors had finally murdered her boss. She was preparing to run for their lives.
"Carla," Massimo said softly.
Carla looked up, her eyes wide with absolute shock. She saw the wheelchair abandoned in the hallway. She saw Massimo standing tall, perfectly healthy, an unreadable expression on his handsome face.
"Don Massimo..." Carla gasped, covering her mouth with her hands. "You're... you're walking."
Massimo smiled. A genuine, warm smile that reached his cold gray eyes for the first time in six months.
He slowly knelt down onto the kitchen tiles, bringing himself right to Nina’s eye level.
"You were right, little doctor," Massimo whispered softly. "My feet were just sleeping. And you woke them up."
Nina giggled, reaching out to pat his face. "I told you, Uncle."
Massimo looked up at Carla. "You are no longer a maid in this house, Carla. You and Nina are under my personal protection. I am putting a million dollars into a trust fund for her education, and you are taking over as the Head Estate Manager. You will never have to worry about anything ever again."
Carla broke down into heavy, beautiful sobs of relief, thanking him over and over again.
Massimo stood up, picking little Nina up in his strong arms. The mafia boss, feared by the entire underworld, walked through his estate carrying the tiny girl who had unknowingly saved his life.
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