Chapter 150 Saying goodbye to the past

In the days that followed, Mariama watched as Vito's empire crumbled. Don Salvatore, true to his word, used the evidence she had provided to systematically dismantle Vito's organization. Corrupt officials were exposed, drug routes were shut down, and Vito himself was handed over to the authorities to face a long list of charges. Gina was freed, tearfully reuniting with Mariama and vowing never to get involved in anything like this again. Mariama made sure she was set up with enough money to start a new life far away from Sicily. As for Mariama herself, she found that freedom came with its own challenges. After years of living in the shadows, of always looking over her shoulder, the idea of a normal life seemed almost foreign. Don Salvatore, impressed by her refusal to kill Vito, offered her a place in his organization. "You have a talent for this world," he told her. "You could go far." But Mariama declined. She had had enough of the criminal underworld to last a lifetime. Instead,