Chapter 36

• On a cold, gray afternoon, Dani stood in front of a coffin.
• The funeral of Alfie Moretti, the bodyguard shot protecting Dani’s father, was a private event attended by only close family and friends. Dani fondly knew Alfie as a child and sat on his lap often, asking him to carry her over his shoulders all the time. He gave her treats and did pigtails on her hair, and in retrospect, he’d been more present in her childhood than both her parents combined.
• Beside Dani stood Alfie’s wife and two children. Alfie’s wife sobbed quietly while her two children stood staring blankly, almost incomprehensively, at their father’s coffin.