The Don's Wife Never Looks Back novel · Chapter 18 of 32
Chapter 18: No Blood
The black car pulled away from the corner.
It came down the block slowly, under the porch lights, past the old lady's house and the butcher's.
It stopped at the curb in front of Mama's stoop, behind Marisa's mother's car.
The engine kept running.
Nobody on the sidewalk moved.
The butcher uncrossed his arms.
Marisa's mother lifted her dish towel an inch.
I came down the steps.
I walked past them, across the little square of Mama's yard, and stood on the sidewalk between the car and the house.
My back was to Livia.
My face was to the tinted rear window.
"Mira," Nathaniel said behind me.
"It's all right."
The rear door opened.
Santino got out.
He was in his dark overcoat with no scarf, and he still hadn't shaved.
The driver got out of the front and stood by the hood.
Santino looked at the street, the porch lights, the crowd in housecoats, and then at me.
"Go inside," he said. "Take your friends. This doesn't concern you anymore."
"It's my mother's house."
"That's why I'm here." He looked past me, up at the lit doorway. "She'll never set foot on this street again. You'll never see her again. You'll never have to think about her."
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