“Didn’t you feel it, Mila?”
I can’t lie. I can’t do it anymore. “Yes, I felt it, but that changes nothing. We can’t be together.”
“Because you have connections to a crime family? Because you ran away and changed your name? They’ll understand, believe me. You have no idea how much they’ll understand that. They won’t hold anything against you for changing your name. If you want them to know the truth, I’ll go do it. You don’t even have to face them.”
“No, Ozzie. That’s not it.”
“What more could there possibly be?”
I look up at him and swallow, my eyes nearly blind from tears. I can’t let go of his hand.
Inhaling slowly and tremulously, I know now it’s finally time for the entire truth.