A woman mocked for her weight catches the eye of a powerful mafia don who sees her differently from everyone else. As he pulls her into his dangerous world and claims her as his wife, she must navigate rival criminals, judgmental outsiders, and her own doubts about whether his fierce devotion is real.
up. Vito scoffed and ended the call. Now you're lying about Margaret too? Lie? Actually, he had every reason to think that. Last month, I stood in the cold wind all night until I landed Mayo Eni in the hospital. All to stop him from taking Bella to the country estate to pick strawberries. Last week, when he went to the Rosefields to take pictures with Bella,
I called him, crying, and claimed I was sick. Just three days ago, I showed up at his door with an apple pie and told him my father needed to see him. And there had been countless other excuses.
I cut my hand, I hurt my leg, my stomach ached, anything to make him spend a little more time with me. Over the past ten years, I'd done far too many foolish things. So I didn't argue.
I simply let go of his phone and stepped away from the drawing box.