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07:07hard enough to rattle the glasses.
07:13Paisel!
07:13You don't come home for ten years
07:15and the moment you show up
07:16you start picking fights?
07:18If I'd known you'd turn out this ungrateful
07:20I should have left you on the church steps
07:21in a basket the night you were born.
07:24Exactly like ten years ago
07:25the day my mother saw my SAT school report
07:28the mug threw straight at my forehead
07:30blood ran down the side of my face
07:32and dripped onto the hardwood
07:33she'd worn the same expression then.
07:35The one thing I regret in this life
07:37is not leaving you at the church that night.
07:39Would have spared this family the embarrassment.
07:42Ten years was long enough
07:43to give up on whatever thin sliver
07:45of a mother's love I'd once hoped for.
07:47Right now I didn't feel a thing
07:48just numb.
07:49My father tried to smooth things over.
07:51You know how your mother is
07:53she says things she doesn't mean.
07:54He forced a laugh and changed the subject.
07:56Isabella tomorrow will bring
07:57the Providence construction contract
07:59to the wedding.
08:00A gift from the Vitalos
08:01to the Marchape operation.
08:02Don Sabator will remember it.
08:03Isabella's smile went tight at the corners.
08:06Dad, Don Salvatore might not be at the wedding.
08:09What?
08:10What?
08:10It's Mateo's wedding.
08:12Don Salvatore isn't even coming
08:13to his own grandson's wedding?
08:15Isabella sighed.
08:16Mateo said Don Salvatore has an important guest
08:18coming in this weekend.
08:19He has to be there in person
08:21so he can't make the wedding.
08:22Who?
08:23Who's more important than his own grandson
08:25at the altar?
08:26Isabella shook her head.
08:27I don't know exactly.
08:29Mateo just said someone from up the coast.
08:31Damn Salvatore has been working
08:33every angle he has for three months
08:35to get this meeting on the calendar.
08:36Don Salvatore said if the deal closes
08:38the Marcheptos don't have to worry
08:40about the feds for a decade.
08:41Melanie looked genuinely baffled.
08:43Who makes a Marcheki wait three months?
08:46Isabella paused.
08:47Then with studied casualness
08:48glanced at me.
08:49Hazel, you've been out there a while.
08:51Ever heard anything about
08:52who this might be?
08:53I shook my head.
08:54Not really.
08:56She never even made it through college.
08:58What the hell would she know?
08:59I kept eating and said nothing.
09:01What was I supposed to say?
09:03That the person Don Salvatore
09:04had been chasing for three months
09:06was me?
09:07They'd think I was insane.
09:11After dinner, my father stopped me
09:13on my way out.
09:14Hazel, your mom had the housekeeper
09:15air out your old room a few days ago.
09:17New sheets, new pillowcases,
09:18all ready for you.
09:19Just as he finished.
09:20My mother came out of the sitting room.
09:22Melanie's taking the guest room tonight.
09:24Hazel, you can take the couch.
09:26My father's smile stiffened on his face.
09:28Melanie looked up from the couch
09:29and glanced at me.
09:30The corner of her mouth twitched upward.
09:32Mrs. Vitali, I couldn't.
09:34I can just book somewhere in town.
09:36My mother's tone left no room for discussion.
09:38You barely come around anymore.
09:40I'm not letting a Reeky girl
09:41stay at a stranger's inn.
09:42Hazel's used to being poor.
09:44She can take the couch.
09:45I stood next to the dining table
09:46and said nothing.
09:47Hazel?
09:48My mother's voice pulled me back.
09:50That won't be necessary.
09:51I already booked a hotel.
09:52Her face darkened.
09:53So you'd rather sleep in a hotel
09:55than under your father's roof?
09:56What is a Vitaro girl
09:57doing checking into a hotel
09:59in her own town?
10:00I picked up my coat
10:01and started toward the door.
10:02I sleep better in a bed.
10:04Behind me,
10:04I heard my mother
10:05mutter to my father.
10:06Ten years away
10:07and her attitude's out of control.
10:09Every single thing
10:10has to be a fight.
10:11The door closed behind me.
10:12Ten years ago,
10:13the girl who slept on that couch
10:14would have cried into her pillow,
10:16unable to understand
10:17why her mother was kinder
10:18to a Reeky girl
10:19than to her own daughter.
10:20Ten years later,
10:21Hazel watched deposits
10:22land in her account.
10:23Patent licensing fees,
10:25federal contract royalties,
10:26equity distributions.
10:28Every payment came
10:29with more zeros
10:30than she cared to count.
10:31She wasn't sad anymore.
10:32She could take care
10:33of herself now.
10:34She was looking forward
10:35to seeing their faces
10:36when they realized
10:36exactly who Don Salvatore
10:38had been waiting for.
10:40The next day,
10:41Newport's most famous
10:42wedding venue,
10:43the Chandler and Cliff Walk.
10:44Black escalades
10:45lined the drive.
10:46Men in dark suits
10:47with earpieces
10:48stood at every entrance,
10:49checking names
10:50against a list.
10:51Every family
10:51on the eastern seaboard
10:52had someone in that ballroom.
10:54Boston,
10:54New York,
10:55Philadelphia,
10:56New Haven,
10:57Providence.
10:57Halfway through the toasts,
10:59Isabella stood up
10:59from the head table,
11:00walked onto the platform.
11:02Everyone,
11:03thank you for coming out
11:04to celebrate
11:04Mateo and me today.
11:05While I have the mic,
11:06I wanted to do
11:07a little something
11:08for my sister Hazel.
11:10Isabella's smile
11:10was flawless.
11:11I stiffened.
11:12Every head in the room
11:13turned toward me.
11:14Isabella's smile
11:15was so earnest.
11:16Hazel Vitale,
11:1928,
11:20high school diploma.
11:21She's not made.
11:22She doesn't work
11:23for any family.
11:24Right now,
11:25she's pouring espresso
11:26in a little shop
11:27up in Queens,
11:2718 an hour,
11:28plus tips.
11:29A ripple of quiet,
11:30incredulous laughter
11:31moved through the ballroom.
11:32But she's a wonderful person,
11:34so grounded,
11:34so genuine.
11:36If any of the single
11:37gentlemen tonight
11:37are open-minded enough
11:38to overlook all that,
11:39please come say hi.
11:40Please don't hold
11:41her situation against her.
11:42For my sake,
11:43as the bride,
11:44give her a chance
11:45to join a family.
11:47Frankie DeLanca,
11:48I run the vending route
11:49out of Cravard,
11:50divorced,
11:50three kids.
11:51What do you say, sweetheart?
11:52A shorter man
11:53stood up in the corner,
11:54no taller than 5'5".
11:55Bobby,
11:56out of the Ricci crew.
11:57I do the books
11:58for a strip mall in Warfic,
11:59never married,
12:00still living with my mother,
12:01but that's temporary.
12:01My brows pulled together.
12:03I'm not doing this.
12:04My mother's face
12:05turned an ugly shade of red.
12:06These men are respectable!
12:08They're willing to overlook
12:09the fact that you've done
12:10nothing for the Vittori name
12:11in 10 years
12:11and you're being picky?
12:13Give someone your number.
12:15Do not humiliate Isabella
12:17in front of
12:17Don Salvatore's people.
12:18I looked up at the stage.
12:20Hazel,
12:20is it you don't like
12:21any of the ones
12:22I picked out?
12:23But,
12:23given your situation,
12:26I don't know
12:26what else I can do
12:27for you
12:28besides trying
12:28at my own wedding.
12:30Hazel,
12:31Isabella was up
12:31half the night
12:32worrying about you.
12:33She's trying to give you
12:34a way back
12:34into a respectable life.
12:36If they aren't your type,
12:37just take a number.
12:38Why are you doing this
12:39in front of every family
12:39on the coast?
12:40Whispers rippled
12:41across the ballroom.
12:42The bride went to Yale,
12:44associate at McKenzie
12:45and her sisters.
12:46Barista in Queens,
12:47no wonder the Vitalis
12:48don't talk about her.
12:49A Vittori girl
12:50serving strangers coffee
12:51for tips?
12:52I'd have sent her away too.
12:55Today is Isabella's wedding!
12:57You just have to ruin it
12:58for everyone,
12:59don't you?
12:59get out!
13:02Elliot stood up.
13:03Hazel,
13:04leave.
13:05You've been nothing
13:06but an embarrassment
13:06to our family
13:07your entire life.
13:08You don't belong
13:09at a Marciotti wedding.
13:11Ethan didn't hold back.
13:12You're jealous.
13:13Now you're just jealous.
13:14Get out!
13:15Hazel,
13:16just apologize.
13:17If they throw you out
13:18in front of
13:19Don Salvatore's people,
13:20no family on this coast
13:22will ever place you anywhere.
13:23You'll be pouring coffee
13:25for the rest of your life.
13:26So you're all sure
13:28you want me to leave.
13:29They didn't know
13:29I'd already confirmed
13:30the meeting with Don Salvatore.
13:32The location was this wedding.
13:33Ouch!
13:34I'll pretend I never had you!
13:35Hazel,
13:36this day means everything to me.
13:37You've made it impossible.
13:39Please just go.
13:40If you're not willing
13:40to accept Isabella's kindness
13:42and you insist on
13:42embarrassing her
13:43in front of every family here,
13:44then leave.
13:45Now.
13:46I raised an eyebrow.
13:47You want me gone?
13:48Fine.
13:49Just don't regret it
13:50when I walk out that door.
13:51I headed for the exit.
13:52Just then,
13:52hurried footsteps came
13:53from the entrance of the ballroom.
13:55Dr. Vitale,
13:56wait!
13:57She cannot leave!
13:58Every head in the room
13:59whipped around.
14:00It was Don Salvatore.
14:01The bride may leave.
14:02The groom may leave.
14:04But Dr. Vitale,
14:06Dr. Vitale stays!
14:08Every member of the family
14:09in the ballroom
14:09looked completely stunned
14:11as if their world
14:11had just been turned upside down.
14:13Dr. Vitale,
14:14please give me a moment.
14:15The Marchesi family needs you.
14:19For a moment,
14:20the entire ballroom was stunned.
14:22The room fell so silent
14:23you could hear the tremor
14:24of a single crystal
14:25on the chandelier.
14:26My mother's voice
14:27caught in her throat.
14:28Don Salvatore,
14:29forgive me.
14:29You must be mistaken.
14:32That's Hazel.
14:33She barely made it
14:34into a community college.
14:36Mateo came down
14:37from the stage
14:37in quick strides,
14:39shock and confusion
14:40plain on his face.
14:41No, no,
14:41I don't understand.
14:42That's Isabella's sister.
14:43She never even finished.
14:44Enough!
14:45Don Salvatore's palm
14:46came down
14:46on the nearest table.
14:47The word cut
14:48through the room.
14:48You have no idea
14:49who is standing
14:51in front of you.
14:52Silence.
14:53His voice rose.
14:54Dr. Hazel Vittore,
14:56PhD in Biomedical Engineering
14:58from MIT.
14:59Youngest tenagid professor
15:00in the university's history.
15:02She holds the patents
15:03on every serious
15:04neural signal
15:05decoding architecture
15:06that matters
15:07to the people
15:07we care about.
15:08She has a top secret clearance
15:10from the Department of Defense.
15:12She sits on advisory panels
15:14the FBI would give
15:15a lung to be read into.
15:17Every family
15:17on this coast
15:18has been trying
15:19to get a meeting
15:19with her
15:20for the last two years.
15:21Every single one.
15:24And I have been trying
15:25for three months.
15:26Title after title,
15:28hitting like hammer blows.
15:30The ballroom erupted
15:30in low, urgent whispers.
15:32The looks turning toward me
15:33shifted in real time.
15:34Shock.
15:35Recalculation.
15:36Something close
15:37to reverence.
15:38The heavyset DeLuca man
15:39shrank half a step
15:40back into the crowd.
15:41The 5'5 bookkeeper
15:42drained his glass
15:43in one pole,
15:43ears burning red.
15:45At a table near the front,
15:46a couple I recognized
15:47as reachy leadership
15:48leaned over to the man
15:49beside him,
15:50unable to keep the shock
15:51out of his voice.
15:52Wait.
15:53Wait.
15:53The neural signal woman,
15:55that's her?
15:55A Vitari girl?
15:56How did we not put it together?
15:58The bride kept saying
15:59my sister is a barista.
16:00I wasn't looking for anyone
16:01at that table.
16:02Nobody was.
16:03Two of our own
16:04tried to pick her up
16:04like she was
16:05somebody's cocktail waitress.
16:06Christ.
16:07The side doors
16:07of the ballroom
16:08pushed open.
16:10A man in a charcoal
16:12Brioni suit
16:12walked in,
16:13flanked by two men
16:14who carried themselves
16:15the way Don Salvatore's
16:16people carried themselves.
16:18A murmur ran
16:19through the crowd.
16:19That's Frank Colongo.
16:21Out of Jersey.
16:22He hasn't left the city
16:23in six years.
16:24There's no way
16:25a man like that
16:25shows him to a wedding
16:26this size.
16:27That's not a wedding face.
16:28That's a business face.
16:29Colangelo reached me
16:30and offered his card,
16:31his voice warm and eager.
16:33Dr. Vitale,
16:34my people have been trying
16:35to get on your calendar
16:36since spring.
16:37Name the day.
16:38I'll send the car.
16:39I took the card
16:40with a polite smile.
16:42Right behind him,
16:43a woman in a cream-colored suit
16:45hurried over
16:46from the head table.
16:47Dr. Vitale,
16:49Diane Delgado
16:50out of the
16:50Providence side.
16:52My family runs
16:53the port concern.
16:54May I sit down with you
16:55before the weekend is out?
16:57One after another,
16:58they came.
16:58Names I recognized
16:59from Boston
17:00to Philadelphia.
17:01Names my father
17:02would have crossed
17:03a state line
17:04to shake hands with.
17:05Dr. Vitale,
17:06Michael Genovata.
17:07It would mean a great deal.
17:08Dr. Vitale,
17:09the Deluki table
17:10would very much
17:10like a moment.
17:11Cards accumulated
17:12in my hand
17:12like falling snow.
17:14My mother was frozen
17:14in place.
17:16Her mouth opened.
17:17The wine glass
17:18in her hand tipped.
17:19Merlot bled
17:20across the white tablecloth
17:21in front of her.
17:22Isabella stood
17:22on the platform,
17:23fingers white-knuckled
17:24around the microphone.
17:25Elliot took half
17:26a step forward,
17:27as if to say something
17:28and stopped.
17:28Ethan's wine glass
17:29hung suspended
17:30in the air.
17:31His pupils blown wide
17:32with disbelief.
17:33How is this possible?
17:35Melanie forced a smile.
17:37Hazel,
17:38I had no idea.
17:39I'm so happy for you.
17:41I glanced at her.
17:42Melanie,
17:43your line would land better
17:45if your nails
17:45weren't drawing blood
17:46from your own palm.
17:47Her smile faltered.
17:48My parents finally
17:49seemed to catch up.
17:50The fury on my mother's face
17:52had evaporated
17:52and its place
17:53was something
17:53I'd never seen
17:54on her before.
17:55Something close to eager.
17:56she hurried over
17:57to Don Salvatore,
17:58her face folding
17:58into layers of smiles.
18:00Don Salvatore,
18:01please!
18:02Hazel
18:02is my own daughter.
18:05My blood.
18:07Whatever business
18:08you have with her.
18:09The Vitaro name
18:10stands behind it.
18:11Let's finish
18:12Isabella's wedding
18:13and then we'll all
18:14sit down as family.
18:16Family?
18:17I repeated the word softly.
18:19Funny.
18:20Nobody said family
18:21a minute ago
18:22when you were
18:22pushing me out the door.
18:24The ballroom
18:25fell quiet again.
18:26Elliot's face
18:27cycled through
18:28several shades
18:28of red and white.
18:29Ethan had his head down,
18:31apparently trying
18:31to fold himself
18:32into the pattern
18:32of the Persian carpet.
18:34A young man's voice
18:35broke the silence.
18:36None.
18:37He wore a well-cut
18:37deep navy three-piece suit.
18:39His features carried
18:40the Marchetti line,
18:41but there was something
18:41steadier behind his eyes.
18:43Sharper.
18:44Sebastian Marchetti.
18:45Matteo's older cousin,
18:46Don Salvatore's
18:48firstborn grandson,
18:49the one the family
18:49had chosen.
18:51Something you should hear,
18:52no-no.
18:53Sebastian walked over
18:53to Don Salvatore,
18:54his voice respectful,
18:56measured.
18:56Before you arrived,
18:57in this room,
18:59the Vitalare stood up
19:00as a family
19:00and put Dr. Vitani out.
19:03Every one of them.
19:05He glanced at Matteo.
19:07Matteo backed them.
19:09Publicly.
19:10In front of every family
19:11on the coast.
19:12Dr. Vitari's
19:13the most important business
19:14the Marchettis have
19:15in front of us
19:16right now.
19:17Matteo just handed
19:18her every reason
19:19to walk.
19:20If she takes her parents
19:21to the Colingalos,
19:22or the Genoves,
19:24or the Delgades port operation,
19:26it's on him.
19:28On this family.
19:30Matteo's face
19:30drained of color.
19:32Don Salvatore was silent.
19:33Only a few seconds.
19:34But those few seconds
19:35put a sheen of cold sweat
19:36across Matteo's forehead.
19:38The old man's fingers
19:38tapped once against the table.
19:40If this ballroom
19:41does not want
19:42Dr. Vitani in it
19:43then very well.
19:44Continue with the wedding.
19:46Dr. Vitani and I
19:47are leaving.
19:48He turned and gestured
19:49for me to walk with him.
19:51Matteo lunged forward.
19:52No, no!
19:53He caught
19:53Don Salvatore's arm,
19:55his voice cracking.
19:55No, no, please.
19:57It's my wedding.
19:58You cannot walk
19:59out of my wedding!
20:00Don Salvatore looked at him.
20:01Something close
20:02to how a man
20:03looks at a piece of furniture
20:04he has finally decided
20:04to throw out.
20:05Do you have any idea
20:06what I called in
20:07to get 30 minutes
20:08with Dr. Vitani?
20:10You and your bride
20:11stood up together
20:12and put her out
20:12of this room.
20:14And now you want me to stay?
20:16He didn't look
20:17at Matteo again.
20:17He turned to me
20:18and inclined his head.
20:19Dr. Vitani,
20:21shall we?
20:22I lifted my clutch,
20:23walked past
20:24every one of them
20:25and headed for the door.
20:26Behind me,
20:27Isabella's composure
20:28finally cracked.
20:30Her voice broke
20:30over the microphone.
20:31Hazel!
20:32I didn't look back.
20:35A private lounge
20:36on the top floor
20:37of the Marchetti estate
20:38above Ocean Drive.
20:39Dr. Vitani,
20:41what happened
20:42in that ballroom
20:43was a failure of respect.
20:44My grandson's failure.
20:46The Marchessi name's failure.
20:49I apologize
20:50on behalf of my family.
20:53The defense Samjot
20:54will not run through Matteo.
20:56He does not have
20:56the judgment
20:57for what comes next.
20:58He does not have
20:59the judgment for you.
21:01I am putting Sebastian
21:02on it directly.
21:03a clean team
21:04under him
21:04reporting to me.
21:05Your terms.
21:07All of them.
21:08The Bureau's
21:08voice recognition stack
21:10got better every year.
21:11The Marchettis
21:12had lost three capos
21:13to wiretaps
21:13in the last two.
21:15I was the only person
21:16on this continent
21:16who could hand them
21:17a way out.
21:18An hour later,
21:19we had the frame
21:20of the deal.
21:21Sebastian
21:21as the sole point
21:22of contact.
21:23Technology contribution
21:25in exchange
21:25for 20% equity
21:27in the defense subsidiary.
21:28A seven-figure
21:29upfront licensing fee.
21:30Don Salvatore
21:31walked me down
21:32to the car himself
21:32and held the door
21:33open for me.
21:34Every man in the courtyard
21:35saw it.
21:36The Four Seasons
21:37had put me in the
21:38presidential suite
21:38on the 42nd floor.
21:40The floor-to-ceiling windows
21:41looked out over the whole
21:42length of Narragansett Bay.
21:44I showered,
21:44poured a glass
21:45of Sauvignon Blanc.
21:46My phone had been
21:47buzzing without pause.
21:48The family group chat
21:49had crossed
21:49200 messages.
21:51My mother had sent
21:52seven voice memos
21:53back to back,
21:54none of them
21:54under a minute.
21:55Her tone had nothing
21:56in common with the woman
21:57who'd screamed at me
21:58across the dining table
21:59the night before.
22:00Hazel,
22:01where are you?
22:02A young woman
22:03shouldn't be out alone
22:04in Newport at night.
22:06Come home.
22:07I had the housekeeper
22:08put fresh sheets
22:09on your bed.
22:10Mom said things
22:11she didn't mean.
22:13What mother doesn't
22:14love her own daughter?
22:15You know what
22:15my temper is like.
22:16Remember when you were four
22:18and you had pneumonia?
22:19Mom slept in that
22:20hospital chair
22:21for three nights.
22:22That has to count
22:23for something.
22:25Hazel, we are family.
22:27We are blood.
22:28Blood is blood.
22:31Father.
22:33Hazel, dad knows
22:34we haven't been fair to you.
22:35Isabella showed a return
22:37on the family's investment
22:38and there were only
22:38so many chairs at the table.
22:41That's how these things go.
22:43Now that you've made
22:44a name for yourself,
22:45dad is proud.
22:46Come by the house.
22:48I'll have the kitchen
22:49make the pasta al formo
22:51we used to love.
22:54I swiped past.
22:55Pasta al forno
22:56was Isabella's favorite.
22:58Not mine.
22:59Elliot had sent
23:00a burst of messages.
23:01Excitement bleeding
23:02through the screen.
23:03Hazel, do you have any idea
23:05how many cappies
23:06called me tonight?
23:07My phone hasn't
23:08stopped ringing.
23:09The Delgado Conceitier
23:10personally asked me
23:11for your number.
23:12Every family on this coast
23:14knows the name Vitari
23:15tonight because of you.
23:16My VP at the firm
23:16walked up to me
23:17and asked if Dr. Hazel Vitari
23:19was really my sister.
23:21Do you know what that means
23:22for my standing?
23:24Which hotel are you at?
23:25Let me pick you up tomorrow.
23:27Welcome dinner
23:28at the Ocean House.
23:31I'll put it on
23:31the family card.
23:33Best table in the house.
23:36Ethan's tone
23:36had gone careful
23:37in a way I'd never
23:38heard from him.
23:39Hazel,
23:40I said things tonight
23:41I shouldn't have.
23:42Back in school,
23:43I always knew you were
23:44smarter than the rest of us.
23:46I should have said it then.
23:48Anything you need,
23:50you say the word.
23:52I found it funny.
23:53In high school,
23:54to get on Isabella's
23:55good side,
23:56he'd said to my face,
23:57Seriously, Hazel,
23:58how were you not even
24:00half as sharp
24:01as your sister?
24:03Now,
24:04back in school,
24:05I always knew
24:06you were smarter
24:06than the rest of us.
24:08Melanie's message
24:09was long.
24:10Hazel,
24:11you are incredible.
24:12I'm so proud of you,
24:13truly.
24:14You must think
24:14the rest of us
24:15are pathetic now.
24:16Nine to five,
24:17an office in the back
24:17of a Richie-owned
24:18insurance broker,
24:19and there you are,
24:20every family on the coast
24:21falling over themselves
24:21for you.
24:22Enjoy Newport.
24:23When are you back
24:24in New York?
24:24Let me buy you dinner.
24:26Just us.
24:27Like old times.
24:29Every line
24:29congratulating me,
24:31every line telling me
24:32exactly how much
24:32she envied me.
24:33An Instagram notification
24:35lit up my screen.
24:36I opened it.
24:37A post from Isabella,
24:38an hour old.
24:39The image was a
24:40carefully edited shot
24:41from the reception.
24:42Like nothing had happened.
24:44A LinkedIn connection request
24:45came in from Mateo.
24:47Sebastian had also connected.
24:49His note was one line.
24:52The next morning,
24:53I was dressed
24:53and moving through
24:54the hotel lobby.
24:55A black escalade
24:56sat idling at the curb.
24:58Isabella was standing
24:59next to it.
25:00When she saw me
25:00come through
25:01the revolving door,
25:02she straightened her back.
25:03Hazel.
25:04Her voice was hoarse.
25:07I want to talk.
25:10About what?
25:11She reached for my sleeve.
25:12Her fingertips were cold.
25:14Hazel,
25:15can you give me
25:15ten minutes?
25:17Just ten.
25:19This version of Isabella
25:20I had never seen before.
25:22Fine.
25:23Ten minutes.
25:25We crossed the street
25:26to a blue bottle.
25:27I posted that
25:28on Instagram last night.
25:30So no one would
25:31suspect a thing.
25:34She bit her lip.
25:35The wedding didn't finish.
25:37After Nomna walked out,
25:38Mateo's father
25:39called him back
25:39to the estate.
25:40It's been twelve hours
25:41and Mateo hasn't returned
25:42a single one of my calls.
25:43Hazel,
25:43I don't know what to do.
25:45I tapped the table once
25:47and looked her in the eye.
25:48Say what you actually
25:50came to say.
25:51You have eight minutes.
25:52Her eyes reddened.
25:54Hazel, could you say
25:54something to Don Salvatore?
25:56Just a word.
25:57Mateo's terrified
25:58of his grandfather
25:59right now.
26:00That's why he's not
26:01calling me.
26:01If you could just tell
26:03Don Salvatore
26:04not to be so hard on him.
26:06First, I cut her off.
26:07I haven't asked Don Salvatore
26:08to do anything to anyone.
26:10I don't have the interest.
26:12Isabella froze.
26:14Second,
26:15I held her eyes.
26:16Last night,
26:17when the room turned on me,
26:19Mateo's choice
26:19was to leave you alone
26:20on that stage
26:21and walk out.
26:22Whether or not
26:23that's the kind of husband
26:23you want
26:25is something you should
26:26be looking at
26:26very carefully.
26:27Isabella's expression
26:28stiffened.
26:29She raised her voice.
26:33Hazel Vitari.
26:34She said my full name.
26:35You're loving this,
26:36aren't you?
26:38Your whole life
26:39you couldn't touch us.
26:42My grades
26:42were better than yours.
26:44Mom and dad chose me.
26:49In every family photo
26:51you were the one at the edge.
26:56And now you're on top of us.
26:59Watching us
27:00squirm.
27:01It's a real thrill
27:03for you, isn't it?
27:04She stared at me.
27:05Her eyes shot through
27:06and fled.
27:07Isabella,
27:08instead of using
27:09your last minute
27:09wondering how I feel
27:10about you,
27:11use it thinking about
27:12how you're going
27:13to hold on to Mateo.
27:14Stay in Mateo's
27:15good breezes.
27:17Stay in the
27:18Marchetti name.
27:19That is the only work
27:21in front of you.
27:22I stepped around her
27:23and walked out of the cafe.
27:26Coming after me
27:27is not going to buy you
27:27a scene behind me.
27:28a hoarse cry.
27:30Hazel!
27:31You think a couple
27:32of peasants
27:33make you somebody?
27:34You are nothing!
27:36I didn't turn around.
27:39Several days later,
27:40a knock at the door
27:41of the presidential suite.
27:44I opened it.
27:45my parents were on the
27:46other side,
27:46hands full,
27:47faces arranged
27:48into eager smiles.
27:49Presidential suite.
27:49Elliot walked in first.
27:50It's a night in this room run.
27:51I pulled out his phone,
27:52already framing
27:53an Instagram story.
27:54Melanie looked around
27:55and moved to slip
27:56her arm through mine.
27:57You really are living.
27:59Not like the rest of us,
28:00grinding away nine to five.
28:01I'm so angry.
28:02I moved my arm
28:02out of hers.
28:03Why are you all here?
28:04My mother nudged
28:05Isabella forward.
28:06Isabella took a stumbling
28:07half step,
28:08her voice thin as a thread.
28:10Hazel in the cafe
28:11and at the wedding
28:12I was wrong.
28:14I shouldn't have arranged
28:15that march making
28:15on my wedding day.
28:16I shouldn't have said
28:17what I said at the cafe.
28:18I lost my head.
28:20I said things I didn't mean.
28:21Please don't take it to heart.
28:22That's right.
28:25Isabella knows she was wrong.
28:26She's been crying for days,
28:28hasn't eaten,
28:29hasn't slept.
28:29Hazel,
28:30you two are sisters.
28:32You are blood.
28:34Hazel, forgive her this once.
28:35That's right, Hazel.
28:36If it makes you feel better,
28:38yell at her.
28:38Teach her a lesson.
28:40Not once in all those years
28:42had anyone asked Isabella
28:43to apologize to me,
28:44not even to hold back,
28:45not even that.
28:48Now they had brought her
28:49to my hotel door
28:49to say sorry,
28:50so preference could be
28:51changed after all.
28:53Not because they'd realized
28:55they'd been wrong,
28:55because the ground beneath me
28:57had shifted.
29:00Apology accepted.
29:02You can go now.
29:03I fly back to New York
29:04in a few days.
29:05There's still a lot
29:06to close out.
29:07Elliot's eyes lit up.
29:08New York?
29:09Hazel, we've never been
29:10to your place in the city.
29:12Let's come stay.
29:13See how you're set up.
29:14You can come.
29:16I'll take you all out to dinner.
29:17I'll cover the hotel.
29:18My mother's smile faltered.
29:19Hotel?
29:20Why would we stay in a hotel?
29:21One of your licensing fees
29:22was $10 million.
29:23You must have a real house
29:24in Manhattan by now.
29:25Family doesn't stay in a hotel
29:26when they can stay with you.
29:28It creates distance.
29:29Exactly.
29:30A house that size,
29:31sitting empty,
29:32and family sleeps at a hotel,
29:33that's a waste.
29:34I do have a house.
29:36But it's my house.
29:38It has nothing to do
29:39with any of you.
29:40The temperature in the room
29:40dropped several degrees.
29:42When I came back to Newport
29:43this weekend,
29:44I stayed in a hotel.
29:45Didn't I?
29:46The smile on my mother's face
29:47froze in place.
29:48Elliot pretended to study
29:49the hotel welcome book
29:50on the console.
29:51My father cleared his throat.
29:52There's nothing else.
29:53Please.
29:54I'm busy.
29:56Hazel,
29:57you're not going to forgive me,
29:59are you?
30:00Yes.
30:02Then close the door.
30:06Back in New York,
30:07pieces of news
30:08drifted to me
30:09from time to time.
30:10Ethan had co-signed
30:10a six-figure loan
30:12for an associate
30:12out of the Columbo crew,
30:13a guy running
30:14a construction outfit
30:15up in Rhode Island.
30:16The guy skipped.
30:17The bank came knocking.
30:18The Columbos didn't lift a finger
30:19to protect Ethan
30:20because he wasn't made.
30:21He was a name
30:21on the edge of the family
30:22and the family
30:23didn't step in for edges.
30:24His wife took the kids
30:26and moved back
30:26to her parents' place.
30:27Divorce lawyers were involved.
30:29Emma, my assistant,
30:30set a coffee down on my desk
30:31and mentioned it in passing.
30:33Dr. Vitale.
30:34My cousin told me
30:35Melanie Rico
30:35got married last week.
30:36I didn't look up.
30:37Oh.
30:38She met the guy on Hidge,
30:39married in six weeks.
30:41He introduced himself
30:41as an associate
30:42of one of the smaller
30:43Boston crews.
30:44Turned out he was carrying
30:45$150K in credit card debt
30:47and student loans.
30:48The family connection
30:49was a story he told at bars.
30:51They're breaking dishes
30:52in the apartment every night.
30:53Her Facebook is
30:54one long string of
30:55adulthood is a scam posts.
30:57I gave a small hum.
30:57My finger paused
30:58on the project schedule
30:59Emma had just brought in.
31:00Next Wednesday,
31:01Marchetti defense
31:02subsidiary kickoff meeting.
31:03Next Friday,
31:04Department of Defense
31:05classified briefing.
31:06The Monday after,
31:07lying to Boston
31:08for MIT board meeting.
31:09The chaos in their lives
31:10didn't take up a single line
31:11on that schedule.
31:13My mother was in the hospital.
31:15Emma told me,
31:16nothing serious,
31:17overnight observation.
31:18She called you.
31:19I glanced at the missed
31:20call count on my phone.
31:2117.
31:22Elliot said work is too busy.
31:24Can't take the time.
31:25Emma hesitated.
31:26And Isabella,
31:27well,
31:28Matteo recent.
31:28The Marchetti sat
31:29Matteo down with a new match.
31:30A girl from an old
31:31Newport family.
31:32Terrible pedigree.
31:33One clear advantage.
31:34Younger.
31:34Isabella has been refreshing
31:35find my iPhone every day
31:36trying to pin down
31:37where Matteo actually is.
31:38She doesn't have time
31:38to sit at a bedside.
31:39Meanwhile,
31:40my mother reportedly
31:41told every nurse
31:41who walked in,
31:42My daughter Hazel,
31:44PhD from MIT.
31:46Sweetest,
31:46most devoted girl.
31:48When I get sick,
31:49she's the one
31:50who takes care of me.
31:51Not afraid of anything.
31:53She'd start to cry
31:54every time she said it.
31:55Should I arrange
31:56for me to go visit her?
31:57No.
31:57I lowered my head
31:58and kept reading files.
31:59Most devoted daughter
32:00had cut her out of her life.
32:01The year I was 18,
32:02I had a 102 degree fever
32:04for three straight days.
32:05My mother was going over
32:06Isabella's SAT practice tests.
32:08I was on the couch
32:08in the living room.
32:09Mom.
32:10She didn't even look up.
32:10Fever?
32:12Go get some Tylenol
32:13from the fridge yourself.
32:14There was no Tylenol
32:16in the fridge.
32:16I walked two blocks
32:17by myself to CVS
32:18to buy it.
32:19I turned my phone
32:20face down on the desk
32:21and went back to reviewing
32:22the next patent
32:22licensing contract.
32:24A week later,
32:25the Marchetti defense subsidiary
32:27officially opened its books.
32:28Sebastian,
32:29as the sole point of contact,
32:31flew to New York
32:31for the first time.
32:32We signed the operational documents
32:34in a conference room
32:35in Midtown Manhattan.
32:36Sebastian's pen
32:37left its final signature
32:38on the page.
32:39He looked up
32:39and gave me a small smile.
32:40Dr. Vitale,
32:42it's an honor to work with you.
32:44By the way,
32:44Matteo has been removed
32:45from Nonno's list
32:46of succession candidates.
32:47I made a small sound
32:48of acknowledgement.
32:49Marchetti family matters
32:50don't really concern me.
32:52I know.
32:53But there is one thing
32:54you might find interesting.
32:56Matteo and Isabella's wedding
32:57was never completed.
32:59Last week,
32:59the marriage was annulled.
33:00I paused for a second.
33:02Isabella signed?
33:03No,
33:03Matteo moved unilaterally.
33:04The prenup was very clear.
33:05A Marchetti wife
33:06has to come for
33:07the Manchin family.
33:08The Vitale name
33:08once barely qualified.
33:10But after that day
33:10at the wedding,
33:12everyone inside
33:13the Marchetti family
33:14understood one thing.
33:15The core value
33:16of the Vitale name
33:17isn't Isabella.
33:18It's you, Elle.
33:19And you clearly
33:20have no intention
33:21of doing anything
33:22for Isabella.
33:22So Isabella lost
33:23her last remaining leverage.
33:25She got nothing?
33:26That's right.
33:26One year of severance,
33:27that's all she took.
33:28Her position at McKinney
33:29has been affected
33:30by her mental state.
33:31She's been put on
33:32a performance review.
33:33Her situation right now
33:34is, to put it plainly,
33:35rough.
33:35I capped my pen.
33:36That's not my concern.
33:38I figured you'd say that.
33:40I got back to my apartment
33:42in Tribeca after work.
33:43Manhattan skyline
33:45stretched beyond
33:45the floor-to-ceiling windows.
33:47Lights atop
33:48the Empire State Building
33:49glowed a soft,
33:50warm white.
33:51I opened a bottle of red,
33:52had a piece of cheese,
33:53and settled on the sofa
33:54to review tomorrow's
33:55meeting materials.
33:56The doorbell rang.
33:57Nobody was supposed
33:58to be here at this hour.
33:59I looked through the peephole.
34:00Isabella was standing outside.
34:02She had lost a lot of weight.
34:03No makeup.
34:04Deep shadows under her eyes.
34:05No Chanel bag in her hand.
34:07Hazel,
34:08I know I have no right
34:10to come here.
34:11But right now,
34:12I truly have nowhere else to go.
34:14Mateo threw me out.
34:16McKinney is going to fire me.
34:17Mom and Dad told me
34:18not to come back to Newport.
34:20They said I've disgraced
34:21the Vittorne name.
34:22Elliot blocked me.
34:23I'm begging you.
34:24Let me stay here
34:25for a few days.
34:26Just a few days.
34:27I'll get back on my feet soon.
34:29I looked at her.
34:30Ten years ago.
34:32I stood at the door
34:32of that house in Bellevue.
34:34Burning with fever.
34:36Nobody opened the door for me.
34:37I looked at her
34:38with a calm expression.
34:40Isabella,
34:42I remember what you said
34:43at the wedding
34:44in front of every family
34:45on the coast.
34:46My sister is a barista
34:47in Queens.
34:48Eighteen an hour
34:49plus tips.
34:51Single gentlemen,
34:52please give her a chance
34:53to join a family.
34:55Hazel,
34:56I didn't know back then
34:57whether you knew or not
34:58isn't the point.
34:59The point is that
35:00you were capable
35:01of saying it.
35:02Isabella's face went white.
35:04Now that you need me,
35:05you suddenly remember
35:07I'm your sister.
35:11Isabella,
35:12maybe you don't remember
35:13the hurt you caused me,
35:14but I always will.
35:18I'm your sister.
35:20I'm your sister.
35:20I'm your sister.
35:22I'm your sister.
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