"Mm, it was okay. I guess at the time, I never even thought about whether my body was holding up or not. I couldn't sleep night after night—things really couldn't have gotten any worse. So I thought it didn't matter anymore. As long as I could see you, as long as I could talk to you, that was enough."
"Mandy and the others… didn't they try to stop you? And Lucy, Marvin… so many people care about you."
She was beginning to understand why Joey was so angry at her. He had accused her of nearly costing Capone his life, and now she realized—he wasn't wrong.
Forget about sworn brothers who had been through life and death together—no one would have believed that a man as proud and dazzling as Capone could fall into such despair.
"They did. Fortunately, because of them, I only hurt my body—I didn't lose my life. Quitting belladonna leaves was painful, and not being able to see you… that was even harder to bear.
