THE MOMENT CLARE SAW DAMEN MORETTI KISS ANOTHER WOMAN, SHE RAN WITH HIS UNBORN CHILD—BUT THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN NEW YORK FOUND THE BROKEN PREGNANCY TEST, FOLLOWED HER INTO THE SNOW, AND PROVED HE WAS MORE AFRAID OF LOSING HIS FAMILY THAN LOSING HIS EMPIRE

A father whispering to a newborn like the whole world had become small enough to fit in his arms.

That was the family we became.

Not perfect.

Not simple.

Not safe in the way ordinary people understood safety.

But real.

And after everything, real was enough.