Ten years of love.
One brutal betrayal.
A revenge the world won’t survive.
In The Mafia Princess Returns: Ten Years of Betrayal, Talia gives everything to the man she loves—only to be betrayed, broken, and left for dead after losing her child.
But they made one fatal mistake…
They underestimated who she really is.
She isn’t just a discarded woman.
She is the hidden heiress of the De Luca mafia empire.
And now—she’s back.
No longer weak. No longer merciful.
As she reclaims her throne, every enemy who wronged her will pay the price.
Including the man she once loved.
But revenge isn’t simple…
Especially when love, hatred, and power collide.
This explosive mini drama delivers:
mafia heiress identity reveal
female-led revenge domination arc
betrayal → rebirth → ruthless comeback
dark romance with high emotional tension
power, bloodline, and control
Because queens aren’t born…
they rise from betrayal.
#MafiaPrincess #RevengeDrama #HiddenHeiress #DarkRomance #FemaleLead #ComebackStory #BetrayalArc #PowerDrama #ShortDrama #MiniSeries
#ShortDrama #MicroDrama #ShortDramaFullMovie #MicroDramaFull #VerticalDrama #MiniSeries #DramaFullMovie #RomanticDrama #RevengeDrama #TrendingDrama #BingeWatch #FullEpisode #ShortFilm #DramaSeries #ViralDrama
One brutal betrayal.
A revenge the world won’t survive.
In The Mafia Princess Returns: Ten Years of Betrayal, Talia gives everything to the man she loves—only to be betrayed, broken, and left for dead after losing her child.
But they made one fatal mistake…
They underestimated who she really is.
She isn’t just a discarded woman.
She is the hidden heiress of the De Luca mafia empire.
And now—she’s back.
No longer weak. No longer merciful.
As she reclaims her throne, every enemy who wronged her will pay the price.
Including the man she once loved.
But revenge isn’t simple…
Especially when love, hatred, and power collide.
This explosive mini drama delivers:
mafia heiress identity reveal
female-led revenge domination arc
betrayal → rebirth → ruthless comeback
dark romance with high emotional tension
power, bloodline, and control
Because queens aren’t born…
they rise from betrayal.
#MafiaPrincess #RevengeDrama #HiddenHeiress #DarkRomance #FemaleLead #ComebackStory #BetrayalArc #PowerDrama #ShortDrama #MiniSeries
#ShortDrama #MicroDrama #ShortDramaFullMovie #MicroDramaFull #VerticalDrama #MiniSeries #DramaFullMovie #RomanticDrama #RevengeDrama #TrendingDrama #BingeWatch #FullEpisode #ShortFilm #DramaSeries #ViralDrama
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00:00I've been preparing for the wedding for six months.
00:03The church, the flowers, the invitations, the rehearsal dinner.
00:09Every detail done exactly the way I like it.
00:14While somewhere I can't see, he's pouring that same effort into wearing another woman down.
00:26Tesoro, I've seen you in the wedding dress.
00:28As for the wedding itself, I won't be there.
00:31Yante Moretti buckles my seatbelt like he always does,
00:35then casually calls off our wedding next week.
00:37I freeze, still holding the garment bag from my final fitting.
00:42What do you mean?
00:44There's someone else.
00:46She wouldn't settle for anything less than being my wife, so I married her.
00:49Last night, in Vegas.
00:51His voice stays easy, almost gentle.
00:54I'm another woman's husband now.
00:56If I still go through with a wedding with you, my wife's gonna get hurt.
01:00White noise floods my head.
01:02My voice comes out thin and shaking.
01:05Why?
01:05We're one week away from getting married.
01:08Tesoro, don't look at me like that.
01:10You know you're the one I love.
01:13But she kept turning me down.
01:16Again and again.
01:18For six months.
01:19And I can't even remember the last time anyone had the nerve to tell me no.
01:23Keep the dress.
01:25Throw your little wedding party if it means that much to you.
01:28I hate seeing you upset.
01:30The dress is still in the back seat.
01:33White.
01:34Now it looks like a shroud.
01:36My hand trembles as I shove the ultrasound printout back into my bag.
01:40I was going to surprise him with it.
01:43He's right about one thing.
01:45I deserve better than this.
01:48Dante brushes a strand of hair behind my ear like nothing has changed.
01:53You know how stubborn she is.
01:55Wouldn't let me touch her unless I put a ring on it.
01:58Six months of chasing her.
01:59And last night, she finally gave in.
02:02I stare at him, numb and freezing, like invisible fingers are closing around my throat.
02:07Right there in that seat, too.
02:09She's like a little wildcat.
02:10Scratches first, then melts all over you.
02:12The handprints are still there.
02:14One large, one small, overlapping.
02:18Nausea rolls through me so hard I almost choke on it.
02:20I grip the seatbelt until my knuckles ache and my vision burns.
02:24He cups my face, frowning a little like he honestly doesn't understand.
02:29Why are you crying?
02:31You're still mine.
02:33His eyes are nearly black.
02:34And behind them is something that looks horrifyingly close to tenderness.
02:39As if the man calmly telling me he married another woman,
02:42then savoring the memory of taking her in my seat,
02:46isn't the same man touching me now.
02:55I know this hurts, but if I show up, she'll take it badly.
02:58I spent six months chasing her, Talia.
03:01Six months.
03:02She wanted the real thing.
03:03A ring.
03:04My name.
03:05Not half a man.
03:07So be reasonable.
03:09She wanted the real thing.
03:11A ring.
03:12My name.
03:13Not half a man.
03:15So be reasonable.
03:18Six months.
03:19We've been planning our wedding for six months, too.
03:23The church, the flowers, the invitations, the rehearsal dinner.
03:28Every detail done exactly the way I like it.
03:30While somewhere I can't see, he's pouring that same effort into wearing another woman down.
03:36If you married someone else, then we're done.
03:39You've been mine since you were 18.
03:42You've bled for me twice.
03:46Leave me?
03:48What man out there would dare touch what belongs to me?
03:51What? Now?
03:52Don't say stupid shit when you're upset.
03:56I just look at him.
03:58My chest feels banded from the inside out.
04:02Ten years.
04:05We used to cram ourselves into a freezing apartment in East Brooklyn with no heat.
04:10Split one dollar slice and call it dinner.
04:14On the worst days, we filled our stomachs with tap water and pretended it helped.
04:18We couldn't even afford basic birth control.
04:21No insurance.
04:22No safety net.
04:28I got pregnant twice.
04:32I lose the first baby during the coldest winter in New York.
04:36I'm working three jobs at once.
04:37A diner.
04:38A laundromat.
04:39Night shifts at a boyaga.
04:41I stay cold for so long, my body gives out.
04:44The second baby dies after one of Dante's rival crews shoves me down a staircase.
04:51I live through both losses.
04:53Barely.
04:54I cry until there's nothing left in me.
04:57Then I bury two children I never get to hold.
05:01Dante kneels beside my hospital bed.
05:04He pulls a knife from his waistband and slices two lines across his lower stomach.
05:09Blood runs down his skin.
05:12With that same bloody hand, he covers my eyes.
05:16I swear on my blood.
05:19I'll give you the life you deserve and if I ever betray you, may I die with no one left
05:24to mourn me.
05:25A blood oath.
05:27In his world, that is the heaviest promise a man can make.
05:32And I believe it for half my life.
05:35Now that promise loses to a woman he's known for six months.
05:38I don't understand it.
05:41How does a man who once loved me like that go rotten this fast?
05:45His phone rings.
05:49The ringtone is distinctive.
05:51I've heard it at night more times than I can count.
05:54Dante always says it's business.
05:56I trust him so completely I never question it.
05:59Now I know how stupid that makes me.
06:01He doesn't answer right away.
06:03His tone stays calm, patient, like he's humoring a child.
06:08Why are you picking a fight with a plaything?
06:11We've got ten years together.
06:13You really want to throw that away over a piece of paper?
06:16You can Uber home.
06:17I need to pick her up.
06:22You're not 20 anymore, Talia.
06:24No family name.
06:25No connections.
06:27No one coming for you.
06:30I'm the only man who'd keep you.
06:32So stop making a scene before I stop finding it cute.
06:35He pulls the car over.
06:37You can Uber home.
06:38I need to pick her up.
06:39Think about what I said.
06:40The door shuts.
06:42I watch his blacked out escalade tear down the street.
06:45Then I bend over on the curb and throw up until my face is wet.
06:49Dante is wrong.
06:50No man signs a marriage license with a plaything.
06:53That piece of paper I waited ten years for?
06:55He gives it to someone else in six months.
06:58Love doesn't change.
06:59It just moves.
07:01Then I take out my phone and dial a number.
07:03I saved it six months ago.
07:05I've never called it.
07:07Natalia, is that you?
07:09Papa.
07:11I need to come home.
07:13Tell me where you are.
07:14I'll send someone.
07:15Tonight.
07:15Not tonight.
07:17There's something I need to deal with first.
07:20When I get home, Dante's blacked out escalade is already parked outside.
07:26A woman's breathy moan spills out.
07:30Say my name.
07:31Dante.
07:33Who do you love most?
07:37You, Dante.
07:39Good girl.
07:42I stop where I am.
07:43My face goes numb.
07:46The summer night is stifling, but suddenly I'm back in the coldest night of a New York winter.
07:51An hour later, Dante walks in with a small woman tucked under his arm.
07:55The second Bianca sees me sitting in the living room.
07:57Why is she here?
07:58You told me this was our home.
08:00Her voice quivers.
08:02Perfectly.
08:02Were you lying to me?
08:03You're still not over her, are you?
08:05I won't be the other woman.
08:06I don't care how much I love you.
08:08I'm not throwing away my dignity for this.
08:10I'm leaving.
08:10Right now.
08:14What are you talking about?
08:15The marriage license is signed and filed.
08:18You're my wife.
08:19Of course this is our home.
08:21She's just here to pack.
08:22Then he looks at me.
08:23No explanation.
08:25No apology.
08:26Tala, the house upstate is empty this time of year.
08:28Quiet, too.
08:29Go stay there for a while.
08:30For one second, my mind blanks.
08:32Pain hits before anger does.
08:34Dull.
08:34Physical.
08:35Right in the heart.
08:36Except three years ago, when we moved into this brownstone, Dante held me so tight his
08:41eyes went red.
08:42Leah, this is our home.
08:44You, me, and our kids someday.
08:46Now the same man is throwing me out of it.
08:50Talia, my wife is upset.
08:52I'm not saying this twice.
08:56After a long silence, with all that smug certainty in his eyes, I smile.
09:00I understand.
09:02Dante watches me stand.
09:03Something shifts in his face.
09:04He strides after me and catches my wrist.
09:07His voice softens.
09:08There's a gala this afternoon.
09:10Come with me.
09:11It's Bianca's first time at an event like that.
09:13Help with her train.
09:14Show her the ropes.
09:16I just stare at him.
09:18The whole thing is so absurd, I almost laugh.
09:20Then I think about how little time I have left, and I don't argue.
09:24Before the gala, Bianca claims she has nothing suitable to wear.
09:27From my closet, she picks the most expensive birthday gift Dante ever gave me with surgical
09:31precision.
09:32At the Met charity gala, Bianca walks in on Dante's arm.
09:39I carry her trail.
09:40She becomes the center of the room, and I become the joke trailing behind her.
09:45The whispers follow me everywhere.
09:46Moretti really knows how to keep his women in line, huh?
09:48The fiancé carrying the train for the mistress, and she doesn't even flinch.
09:52What fiancé?
09:53Didn't you hear?
09:54Moretti flew that little thing to Vegas and married her.
09:56Talia Rossi is nothing.
09:58Ten years for free, then tossed aside.
10:00Not even worth gossiping about.
10:01How dumb do you have to be to give a man a decade and walk away with nothing?
10:05Hell, even strays have more pride.
10:07She'd be better off dead.
10:09I leave the ballroom and lock myself in the powder room.
10:13Then I hear voices outside.
10:15Someone is teasing Dante.
10:17Come on, Moretti.
10:18Talia's been with you for ten years.
10:20You really married Bianca?
10:21Bianca wanted security.
10:23A piece of paper.
10:24That's all it is.
10:25What does it really change?
10:26And if Talia leaves you over it, you won't regret that?
10:29My heart jerks hard in my chest.
10:31Then Dante laughs.
10:35Her whole world is me.
10:36She's been with me ten years.
10:38She wouldn't know how to function without me.
10:40Right now, she's like an old coat shoved in the back of a closet.
10:43Comfortable, sure, but not something I'd ever be seen wearing.
10:46I know her better than she knows herself.
10:48When I'm done having my fun, she'll still be right where I left her.
10:51What else is she gonna do?
10:52Wait.
10:54I don't hear the rest.
10:57I stumble to the sink and splash water over my face again and again.
11:02Then I bite down on my finger to keep from making a sound.
11:05Water drips from my chin.
11:07Humiliation falls with it.
11:09Still, I don't cry out.
11:11Dante Marati.
11:12This time, you bet wrong.
11:14That old coat you tossed aside, it's not waiting for you anymore.
11:18I turn and walk out of the powder room, and a slap cracks across my face.
11:23I clamp a hand over my burning cheek and turn, stunned.
11:27Bianca rolls her wrist once, calm as you please.
11:30The sweet, harmless look is gone from her face like someone ripped the mask right off.
11:34You heard him.
11:35He married me.
11:37The ring, the name, the license, they're mine.
11:45And you're still here, hanging on like some stray dog that doesn't realize it's been kicked out.
11:51God, that's pathetic.
11:53Her mouth curls.
11:56If you're this desperate to be used, there are corners in the Bronx where men will pay for it.
12:02At least then you'd finally be earning your keep.
12:06Though for someone like you, ten years freeloading.
12:08A charity case who gives it away for free.
12:10You're probably only good enough for gutter trash in the project.
12:12There's a loud buzzing in my head.
12:14All I can see...
12:14There's a loud buzzing in my head.
12:16All I can see is her mouth moving.
12:19Sharp, ugly, relentless.
12:20I'm so angry I almost laugh.
12:22But Bianca doesn't give me the chance to answer.
12:25She suddenly lets out a shriek, grabs the front of her dress, and yanks the neckline open.
12:29Then she throws herself backward.
12:31Talia!
12:32Please!
12:33Stop!
12:36Talia!
12:46Dante rushes over, lifts Bianca up, and folds her into his arms.
12:51She's crying so hard she can barely stand.
12:54Dante, I'm the other woman.
12:57I'm the one who ruined what you had.
12:59It's all my fault.
13:02I never should have come into your life.
13:05I'm the homewrecker here.
13:07I'm the villain.
13:09Who said that to you?
13:11Bianca bites her lip and clutches at her torn dress.
13:13Please, don't ask.
13:18Then her eyes flick to me, fear, delicate, calculated.
13:23Someone like me could never go up against someone like her.
13:27Wives from powerful families.
13:29Her voice trembles harder.
13:30I'm nothing next to that.
13:32Dante, I'm not good enough for you.
13:34Just let me go.
13:36Please.
13:36I don't want to wake up dead over something I didn't even do.
13:39His face turns cold.
13:41He looks at me.
13:43Explain.
13:45I lower my hand and show him my swollen cheek.
13:49You should ask her what she said.
13:51Miss Rossi!
13:52Yes, I slapped you.
13:53But only after you threatened to make my parents disappear from this world.
13:59They're ordinary people.
14:01If you're still mad, hit me back.
14:04But leave my family out of it.
14:06That's a lie.
14:08You were the one who-
14:09Enough!
14:10Dante cuts across me.
14:11His stare is flat with disappointment.
14:14Talia, I spoiled you.
14:16He takes one slow step closer.
14:19Do you really think just because you have no family name and nobody backing you I won't touch you?
14:23A hollow laugh escapes me.
14:25My eyes sting.
14:27So what are you going to do?
14:29Defend your wife?
14:30He walks up to me, unhurried.
14:32Then his fingers close around the ring on my hand.
14:34The ring he made himself after he earned his first real money.
14:37A rough diamond, hand cut and set by him alone.
14:40Inside the band, one word is engraved.
14:42Semper always.
14:43He slides it off my finger.
14:44Then he turns to Marco.
14:46Make the call.
14:47Get our people at the precinct down here.
14:49Boss?
14:50Tell them my wife's jewelry was stolen.
14:52Caught red-handed.
14:53I forget how to move.
14:55My mind goes completely blank.
14:56Dante never has it easy.
14:58He claws his way up from the streets of Brooklyn.
15:01Men like him survive by being harder, meaner, more ruthless than everyone else.
15:05I am the one exception.
15:07His one soft spot, right or wrong, he always stands in front of me.
15:11No one in New York dares use dirty tricks on me until now.
15:15And the one driving the knife straight into my heart is him.
15:18Dante rubs his thumb over the ring.
15:20My tears blur his cold face until he looks like a stranger.
15:24You disappointed me, Talia.
15:25Go sit inside for a few days and think about what you did.
15:28Don't worry.
15:30It won't be long.
15:31When you get out,
15:33I'll put this back on your finger myself.
15:37Two uniformed officers walk in.
15:39Cops on Dante's payroll.
15:40They cuff my wrists.
15:42At the same time, I pull my hand free from his grip.
15:44The sudden emptiness seems to unsettle him.
15:47Dante's brow tightens.
15:48He stares at my back with the strangest look on his face,
15:50like something is slipping away and he can't get it back.
15:53He starts toward me.
15:54Bianca beats him to it, looping herself around his arm.
15:57Dante, thank you for standing up for me.
16:00I was so scared.
16:05What do you want to make it up to you?
16:07Bianca bleams.
16:08Then she plucks the ring from his hand and drops it into the trash.
16:11Dante's face changes.
16:12Only for a second.
16:13A muscle jumps in his jaw, then disappears.
16:16Bianca's eyes go wide at once.
16:18Hurt rushes into them like she can summon it on command.
16:21Was it that important?
16:22She bends toward the trash can.
16:25Then I'll get it back for you.
16:28Ten years is still ten years.
16:29Even if she did hurt me, I don't want to make things harder for you.
16:33Dante catches her by the waist and pulls her back.
16:36Not a chance.
16:37His voice softens.
16:41You matter more.
16:42Don't dirty your hands.
16:46He slips his black Amex into her palm.
16:53Go buy whatever you want.
16:56She pouts and pushes it back.
17:00I don't want your money.
17:02I love you.
17:03Not your money.
17:06Yeah?
17:07Well, I want to spend money on my wife.
17:11He presses the card into her hand again.
17:17If you don't use it, it'll bother me.
17:24Fine.
17:25Only because you insist.
17:27Like she's humoring him.
17:29No one picks the ring back up.
17:31It stays in the trash.
17:32Buried between cocktail napkins and cigarette butts.
17:35The word engraved inside the band faces up.
17:37Sempra.
17:38Forever.
17:39Buried with the garbage.
17:42Three days later, they drag me out of holding.
17:45I barely know where I am.
17:47Three days in a precinct Dante controls.
17:50Locked up with real predators.
17:52No one tells me why I'm still there.
17:53No one asks if I need a doctor.
17:56Bianca even sends a message as Mrs. Moretti.
17:58She's a thief.
17:59He despises her.
18:01Make sure she learns her lesson.
18:03Don't hold back.
18:04They drive me straight to one of Dante's nightclubs.
18:06This club is terrible.
18:09Then they shove me into a VIP room.
18:12Dante and Bianca are on the center couch.
18:16Sharing a grape from opposite ends.
18:19The grape falls.
18:21They end up kissing instead.
18:25The room erupts around.
18:26Men shouting.
18:27Women laughing.
18:29Glasses clinking.
18:30The whole place practically shakes with it.
18:32I don't know how long I stay in this room.
18:35His eyes land on my face.
18:37My cheeks are hollow now.
18:38My skin is almost gray.
18:40His expression darkens instantly.
18:41What the hell happened to you?
18:44Did someone in there put their hands on you?
18:46Before I can answer, Bianca lets out a light laugh.
18:51Miss Rossi really knows how to play a man's heart.
18:54Come on.
18:56Because of your history with Dante, who would dare touch her?
19:00That sickly little look as makeup.
19:01Pretty convincing though.
19:03Must have taken a while.
19:04Dante pauses.
19:05Then he sinks back down.
19:06He taps a cigarette from the pack and leans into the flame.
19:10Bianca holds out for him.
19:11Smoke curls between us, blurring his face.
19:14Only his eyes stay clear.
19:16Hard.
19:17Tired.
19:17Already annoyed.
19:18If you're done reflecting, come apologize to Bianca.
19:21She sits curled in his lap like innocence itself.
19:24I really didn't want to make things difficult for you.
19:27But you insulted my family.
19:29You threatened them.
19:30Anyone would be upset.
19:32Then she pauses.
19:33Oh.
19:34Right.
19:35I forgot.
19:37Your parents threw you away when you were little.
19:39You grew away when you were little.
19:41You grew up in the system.
19:43A foster kid nobody wanted.
19:47So maybe you don't even know what family means.
19:49She sets her drink on the coffee table and pushes another glass toward me.
19:53Green liquid fizzes under the low lights, glowing like poison.
19:57Abthance.
19:5860%.
20:00Drink it.
20:01And I'll forgive you.
20:02I stare at the glass.
20:04Then, without thinking, I look at Dante.
20:06I'm allergic to alcohol.
20:08The last time it got bad enough, I ended up in the ICU.
20:11Dante was terrified.
20:12After that, he never let me touch a drink again.
20:15Now he only exhales a thin stream of smoke.
20:18Casual.
20:19Detached.
20:20Like we're talking about the weather.
20:22Tally, it's one drink.
20:24Your tolerance can handle that.
20:26I don't expect anything from him anymore.
20:29Still, my heart clenches so hard hard it hurts.
20:34I pick up the glass.
20:37And swallow.
20:43Fire tears down my throat and hits my stomach like a blade.
20:48Bianca watches with bright, eager eyes.
20:51Well, if Miss Rusi can hold her liquor that well, maybe she should finish these too.
20:55She points to a row of shots lined up on the table.
20:59Tequila.
21:00Vodka.
21:01Mezcal.
21:01More absinthe.
21:05My face goes cold.
21:08Bianca turns to Dante, wounded all over again.
21:11Dante.
21:12She called me a homewrecker.
21:14She threatened to have my parents killed.
21:16I'm traumatized over this.
21:18And all I'm asking for is a tiny little penance.
21:21She tilts her head.
21:23That's not too much, is it?
21:25Of course not.
21:26Dante wraps an arm around her and crushes his cigarette into the ash roll.
21:30Then he looks at me like this is the most reasonable thing in the world.
21:33Tala, I'm trying to help you here.
21:35You took it too far.
21:37Do what Bianca says.
21:38Once she calms down, you can start making this right.
21:41I nod.
21:43Calmly.
21:44One hand presses against the twisting pain in my lower stomach.
21:48Then I reach for the bottle of absinthe.
21:53A few glasses won't cover it.
21:55I'll drink the whole bottle.
21:56I just want to get drunk enough to stop feeling any of this.
21:59The bottle empties down my throat.
22:01And the whole world goes silent.
22:03I don't hear the glass hit the floor.
22:05I only feel something spill from the corner of my mouth.
22:09Hot.
22:10Metallic.
22:11Blood spatters across the floor.
22:13My legs give out and I collapse.
22:15Bianna recoils several steps, disgust flashing across her face.
22:19Miss Rossi, it's one bottle.
22:20Seriously?
22:21You even brought fake blood for this?
22:23His brows knit in irritation.
22:25That's enough.
22:25How long are you going to keep this up?
22:27Bianca's already shown you more mercy than you deserved.
22:29Stop embarrassing yourself and get up.
22:31Blood!
22:32There's blood all over her pants.
22:33This is...
22:34Oh my god, she's mismarrying.
22:35I look up.
22:36All the color drains out of Dante's face in one violent sweep.
22:39And for the first time today, I smile for real.
22:42You can add your child to what you gave her.
22:45Is that enough now?
22:46Years ago, he took a hit during a turf war.
22:48Low in the abdomen.
22:49Too close.
22:50Later, doctors told him he'd almost certainly never have children.
22:54When I found out I was pregnant, I laughed and cried so hard I couldn't breathe.
22:58For one reckless second, I thought God had finally looked my way.
23:01I was waiting for the dress fitting to be over so I could tell him.
23:04I pictured it a hundred different ways.
23:06We'd make up the nursery together.
23:08Argue over baby gear.
23:09Sit up too late with a book of baby names.
23:12Debating Italian names or American ones.
23:14I never imagined betrayal would get there first.
23:17That his affair would come before our baby ever had a chance.
23:21So now I give it all back.
23:22The room explodes into chaos.
23:24Dante moves so fast he knocks the coffee table over.
23:27It crashes aside as he drops to his knees in front of me.
23:30Blood keeps spreading under me.
23:32Soaping through my clothes.
23:33Seeping into the marble.
23:35Too much.
23:35Far too much.
23:37Dante's mouth opens.
23:38But nothing comes out at first.
23:39He's shaking all over.
23:41His hands hover over me.
23:42Useless.
23:43Terrified.
23:44He doesn't even dare touch me.
23:45His eyes are so red they look torn open.
23:47I didn't know.
23:48I swear to God, I didn't know.
23:50Leah.
23:50The baby.
23:51Our baby.
23:52Then he jerks for his phone.
23:53911.
23:54Right.
23:55Fuck.
23:55Call 911.
23:56But after he hits the first three numbers, a hand snatches the phone from him and powers
24:01it off.
24:01Are you out of your fucking mind?
24:03Dante, you forgot?
24:04I volunteered at a women's clinic.
24:06I can help.
24:07Let me help.
24:07Bianca crouches.
24:08Her eyes sweep over me.
24:10Cold and glittering.
24:11Then she puts on a show.
24:12Checks my pulse.
24:13Presses here.
24:13There.
24:14And then her hands sink into my lower of abdomen.
24:16Her stileti nails bite through fabric.
24:18She presses down again.
24:18Pain destinates through me so violently my vision goes black at the edges.
24:21I can't even scream.
24:23Warmth keeps pouring out from under me.
24:25My breathing turns shallow.
24:27One dead bastard isn't enough.
24:29I prefer two for the price of one.
24:32She pushes away from me and stands.
24:34Miss Rosie, you're beyond saving.
24:37She jedgers at the blood.
24:39With this much bleeding, a normal person would already be dead.
24:42Do you think everyone here is stupid?
24:45What the hell are you saying?
24:46I lie there on the floor.
24:48The last ten years unspool across my mind like burning film.
24:52The apartment in Brooklyn with no heat.
24:55Dollar pizza, the way he used to grin and push his half toward me.
24:59The first baby lost in that brutal winter.
25:01And Dante dropping to his knees in the snow, sobbing like a man being torn apart.
25:06The second baby gone after the fall down the stairs.
25:09Dante cutting his own flesh open and swearing a blood over me.
25:12Semperi, he said.
25:14Forever.
25:15That ring is in a trash can now.
25:17And I'm on the carpet of his nightclub VIP room drowning in the blood of our child.
25:22Every memory turns to smoke.
25:24Every promise goes with it.
25:26Something warm slides down into my hairline.
25:29Tears.
25:30Then darkness starts to pull me under.
25:32Just before I black out, the VIP room door bursts open.
25:36Save her!
25:37Now!
25:37For the next half month, I know nothing.
25:39No sense of time.
25:40No memory.
25:41Just darkness.
25:42But Dante apparently is doing fine.
25:44He sinks deeper into Bianca's arms.
25:46Takes her to galas.
25:47Flies her to Miami.
25:48Spends his nights wrapped around her like he can't get enough.
25:51Half a week after nearly drinking himself nut on her body.
25:54He attends a friend's private party.
25:56You heard?
25:56The DeLuca family in Boston found their daughter.
25:59The one who was missing for 20 years.
26:01The DeLucas?
26:03The most powerful family on the East Coast?
26:05Those DeLucas.
26:06Don DeLuca and his wife refused to have another child while they were looking for her.
26:0920 years.
26:10Now that they finally have her back, they guard her like she's made of glass.
26:13They threw a homecoming gala for her.
26:15Everyone who matters on the East Coast showed up.
26:16Not much detail on the girl herself, though.
26:18Just that she was taken as a child by a mole bought off by a rival family.
26:21Somehow ended up in the New York foster care system.
26:23Missing for 20 years.
26:24I heard Don DeLuca turned over half the East Coast looking for her.
26:28Damn near burned down the underworld trying to find that kid.
26:30He just stands there with his drink in hand.
26:32A daughter missing for 20 years.
26:34Foster care.
26:35New York.
26:35The words land one after another.
26:37And for no reason he can explain.
26:39Something heavy drops in his chest.
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