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{It's long so you can just skim it if you want. Just get the gist of it. It is optional to read this, however I highly recommend reading it.}
It was 1925, smack-dab in the middle of America's prohibition era. Gangs hid in 'speakeasies' drinking and doing business. The city of Chicago had a night life that could knock you off of your feet. During this time, two mob families were in the midst of their golden years. The De Luca's and the Moretti's were notorious for smuggling alcohol and drugs through Chicago's underground. Now, at this time, there was no need to compete for business. Each family had their own territories in the windy city and kept things peaceful between the two families.
Gorgio Moretti, youngest son of the Moretti family, was notorious for reeling and passing out on the street from his over-indulgence of brandy and scotch. He was a disgrace, but his brothers still hauled his sorry a** out of the gutter and brought him back to their family's large home just outside of the city limits. He'd had one of his worse binges that night. His older brother Dominic (Moretti's middle child) had lost Gorgio in the crowd. Dominic finally gave up on his little brother after hours of searching and decided to try again the next morning. But Dominic had only checked places that were within the Moretti territory.
Laughing at nothing in particular, Gorgio stopped in an alley to catch his breath. Somehow he'd ended up in the De Luca family's territory. But of course, Gorgio hadn't been paying attention to where he'd been, nor where he'd ended up. He just knew that the bottle he'd lifted from one of the local speakeasies had gone empty, and he was unhappy. That is, until he saw her. A beautiful little lady who couldn't have been more than 19, had her chin tucked against her chest amongst her pearls, facing the ground and walking quickly. She'd barely passed the alley where Gorgio stood, teetering back and forth, trying to keep himself upright, when he got the idea to call out to her. When she ignored him and began to walk faster, he stumbled out of the shadows and followed her. She was aware of this, but just kept walking, trying to make it a few more blocks home.
Gorgio suprisingly caught up with her and seized her arm, yanking her into the nearest alley way. She desperately tried to fight, but Gorgio threatened her with the pistol he'd always carried in one of the inner pockets of his jacket. In his crazed drunken state, he raped the poor girl, then proceeded to shoot her five times. Once to the head, once in the shoulder, and three more times in the torso. Being the naiive idiot that Gorgio was, he hadn't bothered to clean up after himself.
The police arrested Gorgio for the rape and murder of none other than Anthony De Luca's youngest daughter, Fiona. His family bails him out, because even though he screwed up big-time, it would have been more embarrassing for the Moretti family if he'd stayed in jail and their weakness (Gorgio) would be known throughout the entire crime world, giving the other prisoners reason to kill Gorgio. Well, Giovanni Moretti couldn't have that. He wanted to make his son suffer by his own hand. He would never kill his flesh and blood, no. That was too merciful. So for the next few weeks, Gorgio was kept in the family's cellar and tortured. His father wanted to make sure he was scared straight enough to never be so stupid again.
Well the torturing was done and all was mostly forgiven, and so Gorgio was allowed to go out again. Little did he know that Anthony De Luca was planning his revenge. A life for a life, that was how it worked for families in the mafia. So Anthony had Gorgio killed by his two sons in the dead of night in Moretti's own territory, so he would be sure to hear about it...
The war had been going on for a while, both Anthony De Luca and Giovanni Moretti had been killed, their eldest boys were now leaders and had family's of their own now. Their names were Nathaniel De Luca and Richard Moretti. Nathaniel had a daughter and three sons. Richard had two daughters and two sons. One day Nathaniel had an idea. Since the depression and the continuing reconstruction, business had been bad. However, if the De Luca and Moretti family's were to combine their resources and business, well then they would continue to keep the mob violence away and build another empire. But how to do this? Nathaniel would make a deal to offer his only daughter to marry Richard's eldest son. The children protested but the deal was made anyhow. This wasn't personal, it was just business.
It seemed to work for a while. Nathaniel's daughter Isabella was even pregnant with her and Alexander's first child. Business was getting much better and the couple actually loved each other (really, really loved! hm...who knew right?). Alex was working late one night by the docks on what was originally De Luca territory but was now shared. He ended up dead with a bullet to the back of the head. And of course because of family history, the Moretti family blamed the De Lucas for the boy's death. But it was really Joey Moretti, Alexander's own younger brother who pulled the trigger that night! Joey hated the De Lucas and their unity plan, using his brother and their daughter to help business.
The mob wars started up again and their was mass bloodshed on each side, leaving only Isabella De Luca, her daughter who carried her surname instead of Alex's, and Isabella's niece(the only real De Luca left). The Moretti's had Joey and his wife, along with their two sons.
Those children live in today's world. The De Luca girls are named Antonia and Regina. The Moretti boys are named Demitri and Jeremy. However, Jeremy died from an overdose of heroine, and now Demitri is the sole heir to the Morettis. Will the two families start up another war? If so who will win? Will the secrets of the past come to reveal themselves? Or will the sins of their fathers destroy them all...
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