The Don Gave His Mistress Five Million and Told His Wife to Take Out a Loan

The day my mother was wheeled into the ICU, I knelt before my husband—the Don of the Valenti family—and begged him for the treatment money.

He didn't lift a finger.

He said: ""Every dollar this family has was bought with blood. I don't throw money where there's no return.""

""I had Russo send you a list of private lenders. Clean ones. Handle it yourself.""

But a moment later, I heard him on the phone with Serena Kovac, a Hollywood actress looking to break into producing.

""The five million's already in your production account.""