Firstly, Emma tried to kill Ciro when she sent him to Spain, then she sent her son in a mission to get rid of him because she thought he was an impediment for the mafia organization. She wanted to be the new boss but she failed because she was not objective in her decisions, Emma decided to make her own rules in order to improve her authority over men and that was her mistake , because in the mafia world nothing is personal, it's just business, and that is what Emma doesn't understand . Genna is changed after he came back from his mission and he knew he was betrayed by his mom.