For six years, a woman has been able to hear the secret thoughts of the mafia don she married — and what she hears has finally pushed her toward divorce. As she moves to break free, the hidden truth behind his silence and his dangerous world threatens to pull her back in.
His cruel words shatter my pride. I fight back the pain and the lump in my throat. The 10 million... I'll find a way to pay you back.
I don't need it! Marcelo cuts me off, furious. Lillian, you think this is about money? you're the one who wanted a divorce who wanted to leave me he turns and draples
the necklace around Camilla's neck I'm sorry Lillian but I don't want you to leave I love you so you'll forgive me right Camilla strokes the gem triumphant where Marcello can't see she mows two words at me dead woman's junk a white hot rage shoots through me I lunge forward
desperate to get my necklace back but the second my fingertips brush Camilla's shoulder idiot Camilla lets out a piercing scream throws herself backward as if she's been violently shoved as she falls the necklace is ripped apart with a sickening crack the deep blue gem shatters on the hard marble floor the
hall falls dead silent Marcello and I both freeze our minds blank. It hurts. Don, my wrist, it hurts so much. Camilla cries out, lying in a pile of glittering dust. Marcello snaps back to reality. He whirls on me, his eyes burning with fury.