Intro. When Gianna Caruso was a little girl, she had a secret friend. The friend appeared when she was about six years old. No one else could see or hear them—only Gianna. To everyone else, it looked like she was talking to the air, but to Gianna the friend was real. They would sit with her, talk with her, and sometimes warn her when something bad was about to happen.
Gianna grew up around crime and danger. Her family was part of a powerful Mafia organization, and life was never peaceful. Whenever she felt scared or alone, her mysterious friend would comfort her. Sometimes the friend would give her advice like who not to trust or when to stay quiet. Strangely, the advice was almost always right.
But everything changed when Gianna turned 12.
One night she tried to talk to her friend like always—but there was silence. The friend never appeared again. No voice, no warnings, nothing. It was as if they had vanished forever.
Losing that friend made Gianna tougher. She learned to rely on her own ins