Valerie's POV
I do not know if I want to go to Italy. Thinking about it overnight makes me think about what can happen to Dean. I want to protect my children, but I don't think the correct answer is to escape our problems. I want to become like Dean. I will have to fight the people that is threatening my life. I decide to go to Marcello. I do not want Dean to know that I will talk to him. He can protect us here in America if he has our interests at heart. I will be willing to pay them whatever they want. I cannot leave Dean alone. What if something happens to Dean? Dean, our baby girl and little Dean are my whole heart. I love them with everything. I will die without them. Perhaps I should tell Dean. He is lying next to me in bed. I can see that he is tired. I can see the lines on his fac
