CIRO REVEALED HIMSELF THAT DAY
OH PLEASE WHERE IS HE IS HE IN POOR HEALTH LET ME TAKE OF HIM THE SHEER WORDS OF SHOCK AFTER I LITERALLY FORCED CIRO GARGANO OUT OF HIDING I KNEW HE WAS SNEAKING INTO MY HOME WHEN EVER I LEFT LEAVING RED STOCKINGS ON MY BED MIND YOU A LOLLIPOP HERE A LOLLIPOP THERE THE TIME HAD COME AFTER THE MURDER AFTER THE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY I WASN'T MYSELF BUT I KNEW IF HE WAS ALIVE HE WAS SICK I ALSO KNEW HE HAD A VERY IMPORTANT REASON FOR FAKING HIS DEATH SO PETER AND I MADE PLANS THAT TIME OF YEAR I NEVER MISSED MOTHERS DAY CHRISTMAS EASTER OR CHRISTMAS FOR MA AND SHE NEVER MISSED CHRISTMAS EASTER MOTHERS DAY OR MY BIRTHDAY I LOVED CHANEL MA LOVED POISON IT WAS A LOVELY PERFUME NOW IT'S MOTHERS DAY 2004 PINK TEA ROSES FOR MA YELLOW ROSES FOR CIRO AND PETERS DAUGHTER LISA I FELT BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO PUT MY OWN ROSES THIS TIME INSTEAD OF HAD PETER DO IT FOR ME EVERY YEAR FROM LONG DISTANCE PLANS FOR MY SONS GRADUATION CIROS GOD SON PETER AND I MAKING PLANS WHEN GUESS WHO CALLS ME YEP CIRO LIKE HE NEVER FAKED HIS DEATH HOW YA DOING BABY I'M DOING OKAY LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER LIKE HE'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET YOU KNOW IT'S TIME YOU GET TREATED THE WAY YOU DESERVE I MISS WHAT ARE YOU WEARING STRANGE RELATIONSHIP BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAD HE BEGAN CALLING EVERY TIME I WENT TO MY DOCTORS HEY HOW'S IT GOING WHAT ARE YOU UP TO WAITING TO BE CALLED NEXT WE TALKED EVERY OTHER DAY BECAUSE I HAD PHYSICAL THERAPY TALK THERAPY MESSAGE NASA RADIOLOGY HE CALLED CONSTANTLY FUNNY LOOKING BACK THROUGH BRAIN INJURY HEY YOUZ HOWD IT GO IT WENT WELL GETTING STRONGER GOOD TO HEAR I WOULD ASK HIM THE WEATHER JUST TO SEE WHERE IS WAS CALLING FROM THE RED STOCKINGS CONTINUED I ASKED PETER AGAIN WHERE IS MY HUSBAND MAYBE 30 MINUTES PETE KNOCKS HEY COKE I WANT YOU TO COME OUTSIDE AND MEET SOMEONE I WANT YOU TO SEE I WENT TO PUT ON MY LIPSTICK PEEKING OUT MY WINDOW AS PETER GOT OUT AND THEN BACK IN THE CAR TINTED WINDOWS YES FINALLY WHOSE OUTTHERE IT'S CIRO I SAW HIM WHEN PETE OPENED THE CAR DOOR YOU WOULD THINK I RAN OUT AND JUMPED IN HIS ARMS BUT I FELT I DEEP CONNECTIONS TO MA I FELT THE PAIN SHE FELT HOW HARD IT WAS TO LIE TO SO MANY PEOPLE FROM HER CHURCH FAMILY HOW HARD TO ATTEND A FAKE FUNERAL FOR HER SON TO GREET FAKE MOURNERS SOME WEEPING SENDING CONDOLENCES I KNEW MA VERY WELL I KNOW FIRST HAND HER DEEP SADNESS AND PAIN SO I DECLINED TO SEE HIS FACE ALIVE AFTER WATCHING MA SUFFER AFTER HE HAD A FUNERAL SERVICE DO YOU REALIZE HOW MANY GRIEF STRICKEN PEOPLE GRIEVING NOT FOR CIRO FOR HIS MOTHER THEY GRIEVE FOR MOTHER WHO LOST HER FIRST SON HOW MANY NIGHTS SHE AND I HAD ENDEARING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MY SON CIRO'S GOD SON MA WAS THE BEST GOD MOTHER TO MY SON SHE WOULD SEND ME CHECKS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY CHRISTMAS EASTER MA SENT CHECKS FOR EASTER BASKETS SHE AND I BONDED FOR LIFE I COULDN'T EMOTIONALLY SEE CIRO I AM AT PEACE WITH THAT I LOVED MA SHE LOVED YOU ENOUGH TO ALLOW YOU TO FAKE YOUR DEATH AND SUFFER THROUGH A FUNERAL TO SUFFER THROUGH NOT BEING ALLOWED TO SHOW HER LOVE FOR HER SON EVER AGAIN WAS DREADFULLY PAINFUL IT WOULD HAVE BE DISLOYAL TO MA TO MAKE HER GRIEF A LIE OUT OF RESPECT FOR MA I ALLOWED YOU TO STAY DEAD OUTSIDE OF COMING TO YOUR GODSONS GRADUATION RIGHT AFTER MOTHERS DAY RIGHT AFTER SELECTING ROSES FOR MA'S GRAVE FINALLY LEAVING BEHIND THEE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER HIS FINAL WITNESS PROTECTION IDENTITY HE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE OUT OF CHARLES ODELL CREDIT CARD HE USED TO BUY GROCERIES AND THINGS FROM THE SALVATION ARMY FOR THE KIDS IN MY MAIL BOX I LOOKED OVER MY SHOULDER STANDING THERE ON FIRST STREET CIRO IN THE FLESH MY HEART STOPPED BUT HE STOOD THERE NEVER TOOK HIS EYES OFF ME HE WAS ON VICKIE'S OLD HARLEY SHE BROUGHT IT INTO THE SHOP ONE DAY TO SALE IT IN ORDER TO BUY A TRUCK HE KELP IT FOR HIMSELF AND SHE BOUGHT VICKIE HER BLACK CHEVY TRUCK BLACK CHROME I'M AT PEACE WITH GIVING MA REAL PEACE THANKS BE TO GOD
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