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As I reveled in the power that came with my position, there was an unmistakable awareness that I was headed down a wrong path. It was a realization that crept in during quiet moments, a haunting echo reminding me of the consequences that awaited anyone who dared to tread the treacherous route of organized crime. The inevitable truth loomed: I would need to make a significant change in my life. But that presented an impossible quandary—how do you leave a life to which you are fully committed?