A beautiful ballerina finds herself drawn to a powerful mafia boss whom the world believes is dead. As their forbidden romance deepens, she is pulled into the dangerous underworld he has been hiding from, and the secret of his survival threatens them both.
of a kind. That's impossible. I remember it clearly. The girl was odd. Most girls can't wait to see themselves in a dress like that, but she wouldn't even look in the mirror. Her mother paid the bill and they nearly bolted out of here. I still have the name on the order. Miss Selway. Today's the day. I'm sitting at the vanity in my wedding dress, nerves eating me alive. The door
The door creaks open, and Mom walks in, clutching a small box. She takes one look at me, and her eyes well up. Baby, you're breathtaking. You too, Mom.
She waves toward the hallway. Come on, stop hiding. Get in here. I glance over, wondering what's going on. Dad peeks around the doorframe.
Oh my God, Dad! He's in a sharp suit, hair slicked back, looking completely out of his element. I told your mother this was too much. I feel ridiculous. I should go change into something less...
I stand up and adjust his tie. eye. In all my life, I've never seen him look like this. He's always stayed so under the doing everything he could not to be noticed. I pull him into a hug. Dad nudges me back toward the vanity and makes me sit down again. I watch them
curious about what's going on. Mom opens the box, and there it is, a comb set with a blue sapphire. grandmother's comb, but we had a blue sapphire set into it. I look at the beautiful