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00:02ever since i was a child has been a vicious fight
00:06by 28 no man in new york would marry me so my family sold me to a widowed dawn i
00:11walked into
00:12the morety house ready to make them fear me then a little girl tugged my sleeve are you are you
00:17my
00:17mommy do i really have a mommy now she looked so pitiful for one second i was eight years old
00:23again
00:24standing in my father's house after my mother died waiting for someone to want me no one ever did to
00:29my stepmother i was trouble but for this girl i would be the mother i never had even if i
00:33had to
00:34burn every rule in this house to ash today's wedding was my stepmother's perfect chance to be rid of me
00:40for good she gripped the steering wheel lips stretched into a performance smile i watched
00:45her from the passenger seat arms crossed the car stopped at the church doors she dabbed under her
00:50eye with one finger nothing came out not one real tear oh sloan baby i'm gonna miss you so much
00:55i
00:56looked at her smiled slow you know what mom if it doesn't work out i'm coming back keep my room
01:02exactly how it is go go go god bless you sweetie go she shoved me toward the church door so
01:10hard i
01:11nearly tripped on my own dress the dress was blood red i picked it myself if i was going to
01:15marry a ghost
01:16i might as well look like i meant it because there was no groom at the altar don dominic moretti
01:20was
01:20fear filthy rich and untouchable he was somewhere in eastern europe handling a shipment that couldn't
01:25live in his place stood a framed photograph dominic's conciliere and a signed proxy contract
01:30300 guests in the pews whispering poor thing can't even get a real husband to show up lucky anyone took
01:37her at all i walked to the altar picked up the pen signed the conciliere stamped the papers slid a
01:44cold
01:44ring onto my finger no kiss no vows just ink on paper done i turned and walked back down the
01:50aisle
01:50alone chin high heels clicking marble every eye on me let them pity me i didn't need a husband i
01:56needed
01:56a house an empire and two walls between me and my family forever the meretti estate car pulled up
02:02outside the driver in a black suit opened the door i slid in kicked off my heels and leaned back
02:08against
02:08the leather the mansion appeared 20 minutes later iron gates stone walls red camera lights blinking in
02:14the dark no one greeted me no flowers no welcome a housekeeper led me upstairs without a word the
02:20master bedroom was cold and untouched i stood in the middle of it and waited then a knock
02:25barely a sound i opened the door a little girl five years old with dark curls brown eyes too big
02:31for
02:32her face a nightgum swallowing her whole she was trembling she reached up and grabbed the edge of my sleeve
02:39are you are you my mommy now do i really have a mom
02:46that tiny cracked voice split me open i knelt down until we were eye to eye
02:50yeah kid you've got a mom now she grabbed my hand her name was mia five years old behind her
02:58half
02:58hidden in the dark hallway stood a boy maybe 10 years old arms crossed jaw tight leo dominic's son his
03:04eyes were full of something i recognized instantly distrust he didn't say a word didn't move just
03:09watched me the way animals watch a trap i didn't blame him every adult in his life had already
03:13failed him then i heard it feels looking closer sharp and deliberate a woman appeared at the end
03:17of the hallway elena morety dominic's sister-in-law the widow who ran this house she looked me up and
03:22down so you're the replacement behind me mia pressed closer to my leg leo didn't move elena's gaze
03:28dropped to mia kids it's past your bedtime neither child moved elena stepped forward grabbed mia's arm
03:35mia flinched the whole body went rigid but she didn't make a sound my hand shot out caught elena's
03:40wrist the grip alone made her freeze don't excuse me she's shy first time meeting me there's no reason
03:47to hurt her i didn't hurt her you're seeing things she looked down at mia voice sweet poison underneath
03:52tell her sweetheart did i hurt you mia shook her head too fast i knew that move i'd done it
03:58a thousand
03:58times as a kid the children can show you around tomorrow need anything ask the staff i stood there
04:05with two broken children i'd known for less than five minutes mia was still gripping my sleeve leo still
04:10hadn't said a word but somewhere behind those guarded eyes something changed the next morning the house
04:17showed its real face elena owned the west side nana owned the east dominic's children had two tiny
04:23rooms near the service entrance leo's closet was empty mia had three outfits too small worn thin their
04:30rooms had bare walls no toys no books one thin blanket lay on a mattress on the floor this was
04:36the
04:36richest mafia estate in new york and these children lived like orphans in their own father's house meanwhile
04:42marco had a room like an apartment new clothes new toys staff calling him golden boy leo and mia avoided
04:49him like a disease the staff avoided me too they took orders from elena i closed the last closet door
04:56my hands curled into fists but that was over i was here now the rules of this house were about
05:01to change
05:027 a.m the dining room glittered with money elena sat at the head silk blouse diamonds shining nonna sat
05:08to
05:08her right espresso sharp little eyes watching me enter a plate was set at my place i looked down
05:16a single piece of bread stale green at the edges elena had eggs fruit and silver caviar nonna had fresh
05:23bread and cheese i got mold oh the kitchen wasn't sure what you liked hope that's all right
05:32she smiled nonna smiled too the staff lined against the wall did not smile they knew exactly what this was
05:38i picked up the bread studied it then set it back down you're right i should eat what the house
05:44provides i stood up walked to her end picked up the silver caviar dish what are you i flipped it
05:51onto
05:51her blouse black pearls slid over five thousand dollars silk elena screamed nonna's espresso cup cracked
05:59against the saucer i leaned in close voice low just for her let me be clear
06:07if i eat garbage you eat worse
06:13if my children starve your son starves elena's mouth opened nothing came out try again
06:19and you'll beg dominic to save you elena sat there dripping caviar shaking with rage i turned to the
06:25kitchen staff remake breakfast for everyone
06:30nobody moved from now on the children eat first before anyone else touches food
06:36the staff looked at elena first that told me who they feel
06:41am i clear
06:44yes ma'am yes ma'am
06:4520 minutes later fresh plates appeared eggs toast fruit juice set in front of leo and mia first
06:53the children ate quietly glancing at me every few seconds as if the food might be taken away it
06:58would not be taken away not anymore leo's hands stayed steady mia ate two full pieces of toast elena
07:04watched from across the table still in her ruined blouse still dripping she didn't dare leave so she
07:10sat there humiliated silent nonna said nothing but her eyes stayed on me let her calculate i didn't
07:16need approval after breakfast i stood one more thing post the meal schedule by tonight the children finish
07:23first break that rule and you're dismissed
07:34then midnight came a sound slipped down the hall muffled choked i stood and followed it the crying came from
07:39leo's room
07:40i didn't knock marco sat on leo's chest one hand pinned leo's wrist the other held a lit cigarette
07:47near his face leo did not fight back he lay stiff tears slid into his hair his jaw shook from
07:52holding everything in someone had taught him fighting back made it worse marco's voice was low
07:56and cruel shut up want my mom to know she'll lock you in the basement again shoved the door open
08:02wider
08:03marco looked up at me annoyed not scared get out this isn't your business nine years old
08:08already trained like a monster i stepped into the room get off him marco sneered at me i crossed
08:14the room in three steps i grabbed the back of his shirt touch me and my mom ruins you your
08:20mom isn't
08:21here i lifted him clean off leo marco kicked and screamed let go my mom's gonna kill you
08:28then she can get in line marco kept screaming in my grip i did not loosen my hand i dragged
08:35him to
08:35the balcony door and shoved it open then i dumped him onto the second floor terrace he hit the outdoor
08:40couch not injured just terrified i locked the door he pounded on the glass let me in i'm telling my
08:45mom
08:46good tell her i said hi i turned back to leo he was sitting up now i sat on the
08:52edge of his bed how long
08:53has he done this he didn't answer leo how long his voice cracked since i was seven three years
09:00three years and nobody stopped it why didn't you fight back antelina said if i ever hurt marco
09:05she'd tell dad i was violent she said dad would send me away and i'd never see mia again look
09:14at me
09:16a marati man can die fighting but never lying down marco touches you again break his hand let alina
09:23scream let nana faint then come find me i'll handle the rest but no buts you're dominic morelli's son
09:31your future belongs to you go to sleep i'll be right outside i stood outside his door for an hour
09:38outside marco finally stopped banging he curled up on the couch and fell asleep good let him learn fear for
09:43one night seven a.m elena's fifth open the door what did you do to my son what did you
09:51do to my son
09:52he was outside all night he could have died i opened the door in my robe coffee in hand your
09:59son was
09:59burning mine with a cigarette be grateful i only put him on a balcony elena's smile vanished her fingers
10:04tightened on the door if you ever touch my son again if your son ever touches mine again the balcony
10:09will be mercy she opened her mouth i shut the door in her face behind me a sound i'd never
10:15heard in
10:16this house leo was laughing small quiet but real i opened the door again he stood at the end of
10:22the
10:22hall arms crossed grinning for the first time he looked like a kid mia peeked out from her room is
10:28marco in trouble big trouble good i crouched down she ran into my arms nobody hurts you two anymore
10:41promise promise promise over her shoulder leo watched he didn't join but he didn't look away
10:48something had shifted the children weren't hiding anymore two days later nonna summoned me to the
10:54chapel and elena stood right behind her elena couldn't beat me alone so she went to nonna
11:04two days later nonna summoned me to the chapel the crucifix hung over the altar nonna sat in the
11:10front pew elena stood behind her sit i stayed standing her eyes narrowed in this family a wife has
11:17duties dominic is away protecting us you will pray for his safe return pray every morning 5 a.m
11:25one hour on your knees that is tradition elena smirk told me everything this was not tradition this
11:32was punishment dressed as faith and if i don't then you don't deserve the moretti name
11:39i will write to dominic i'll tell him you dishonor god and family he will know what to do elena's
11:45smirk widened they thought they had me cornered kneel or be reported submit or be removed i looked
11:50at the altar they thought rules belonged to them they were wrong 5 a.m you said nonna nodded i'll
11:56be here elena almost laughed i walked out but i wasn't coming to kneel 4 55 a.m the chapel
12:03was cold
12:03nonna was already there a kneeling cushion waited for me elena sat behind her waiting to see me break
12:08i walked in wearing a silk robe and holding a bottle of whiskey from dominic's study i sat in
12:14the nearest pew crossed my legs opened the bottle took a long drink nonna's cane struck the floor
12:21what do you think you're doing if god worked dominic wouldn't kill for a living and i wouldn't
12:28need to beg for miracles you dare i dare plenty i took another sip i'm not kneeling not ever write
12:37to
12:37dominic if you want but mention his children too the thin clothes the empty rooms the bruises
12:45nonna went still she's lying i looked at elena am i should i bring leo here let him show the
12:53burns
12:53marco left elena's mouth snapped shut nonna's grip tightened on her cane the chapel went silent their
12:58weapon was mine now but nonna still thought she had a choice i set the whiskey bottle on the altar
13:06here's the deal i run this house you stay in your room say your prayers drink your espresso nobody
13:12bothers you but you do not give me orders and you do not threaten me with dominic and if i
13:18refuse
13:18then i hand dominic the receipts every dollar elena stole every bruise you ignored then we'll see who he
13:26blames no one spoke nonna looked at me i looked back ten seconds then 20 nonna's fingers tightened
13:32around her cane you are a vile woman i know that's why they married me to your grandson
13:41i walked out without looking back we can't just let her enough i need to think that was her surrender
13:48that night mia grabbed my hand they won't make you go away
13:56kid i only leave this house in a box and i'm very hard to kill down the hall leo looked
14:02up he
14:02didn't smile but he nodded from leo that meant everything nonna had backed down elena had lost
14:07her ally but before i touched elena's money i would break the house itself at 4am sharp i pulled the
14:14alarm
14:16the alarm screamed through the house red lights flashed down every hall at 4am the morettys thought
14:21death had arrived i stood in the main hall arms crossed kevlar vests over my nightmare elena came
14:26first she stumbled down the stairs clutching the rain what's happening are we under attack nonna came
14:30next came tight in both hands two guards flanked her guns drawn the staff pulled in from every direction
14:35robes bare feet half buttoned shirts marco ran out crying hiding behind his mother
14:41i waited until everyone stood in front of me then i shut off the alarm the silence hit harder than
14:47the siren good morning what the hell is wrong with you this was a drill the moretti family has real
14:56enemies people outside these gates want us dead and what did i just learn this household took four
15:03minutes to assemble four minutes means dead this is insane from now on when i pull that alarm everyone
15:08moves no questions fast nona standard came against the marble you have no authority i have every
15:14authority i am the donna of this house and since none of you respect that during the day we practice
15:23in
15:23the dark nobody moved but i wasn't done yet because four minutes was unacceptable and these people needed to
15:31learn what happened when they were too slow i pointed at the staff kitchen now full breakfast for 10
15:39we have 20 minutes nobody moved i reached behind the hallway table pulled out a shotgun i racked it once
15:46the sound echoed through the marble hall like a thunder clock 18 minutes
15:51they ran elena stood shaking fists clenched at her side dominic will hear about this
15:58tell him his wife runs drills at 4am tell him his household can't make breakfast under pressure
16:04see if he gets angry at me or at you she had nothing nona lowered herself into a chair she
16:10said
16:10nothing but she understood now breakfast came in 19 minutes leo and mia sat on either side of me leo's
16:16hands did not shake mia leaned against my arm toast in her small fist i set the shotgun on the
16:20table this
16:21drill happens again random nights until this household earns the morelli name dismissed people scattered
16:27nona stayed in her chair you are either very brave or very stupid i'm both that's what makes me
16:32dangerous three weeks in i've broken their routine in their chain of command now it was time to break
16:37their wallet i found the receipts at 2am the staff feared me enough to stay out of my way now
16:43elena's
16:44office second floor west room i let myself in pulled every file from every drawer dominic sent money home
16:53every month enough for luxury enough to fill a trust fund the trust was empty every dollar moved
16:58out transfers to one name victor salis 50 000 at a casino 30 000 at a poker club 80 000
17:04to salis in
17:04one month elena's lover gambling away the children's future leo didn't have a winter coat mia's shoes had
17:09cardboard inside the holes heirs to a fortune dressed like orphans dominic was still overseas waiting for him
17:15would give elena time to hide everything i needed someone who moved faster danny cho an old rossi
17:20contact who fixed ugly problems danny freeze the moretti credit lines who's access elena moretti's
17:28her cards her accounts you're picking a dangerous fight can you do it by noon give me till 10. by
17:3610
17:36a.m elena's world would collapse and she wouldn't see it coming
17:41by 10 a.m every account elena controlled was locked at 10 15 we walked into her bedroom elena was
17:46at her
17:47vanity applying lipstick get out of my room i dropped the files on her bed statements wire
17:52transfers casino photos of salas elena's hand froze three million dollars that's what you stole from the
17:59children's trust gone to your boyfriend's poker habit you don't understand your cards are frozen
18:06salas is cut off it's done she grabbed her phone called the bank her hand froze around the phone
18:14she dialed again then again nothing worked elena stood so fast her chair fell you can't
18:20do this already did that money is mine i raised those brats you starved them you dressed them in
18:26rags you didn't earn it you stole it she grips the vanity knuckles white i'll tell dominic you stole
18:34from us tell him when he asks for proof i'll show him these i tapped the files her mouth opened
18:40closed but i
18:41wasn't done then i took the diamonds i picked up the velvet box on her nightstand a necklace 40 000
18:52at least this goes to auction today so does everything in your jewelry safe no consider it
18:58interest you owe those children three million and i collect with interest you're a monster i paused at
19:05the door looked back no elena i'm their mother and you just found out what that means i walked out
19:12elena
19:12locked herself in and screamed for an hour nobody came to help her by evening leo had a winter coat
19:17mia had boots that the trust had its first deposit back not enough but a start
19:27leo came home with blood on his collar he walked past me and shut his door
19:30i gave him 10 minutes then i opened his knuckles were raw the blood on his shirt wasn't all his
19:36he'd hit back badly without technique who doesn't matter leo
19:46he finally looked at me eyes wet jaw tight furious and humiliated carter reed and his two friends carter
19:53reed the senator's grandson rich spoiled untouchable what did they say
19:59his hands curled into fists on his knees they said dad married a psycho because no real woman wanted
20:05him they said my real mom killed herself just to get away from us my fingers tightened around the door
20:12frame and you swung first yes good but you lost he flinched
20:26there were three of them i don't care if there were ten
20:31i crouched in front of him you're a moretti if you fight you win period
20:41beaten again pathetic weak just like his father come with me where the training facility
20:52the moretti estate had a private range mats bags a weapons rack i pulled a tactical knife from the
20:58wall take it don't swing wild look for balance look for openings fast clean then get away you want
21:05me to stab someone i want you to never lose again the knife is a last resort
21:14but confidence changes how you stand confidence is a weapon leo nobody leaves you alone because
21:20you're nice if you want them to stop make them hurt make touching you cost too much
21:27the next day leo went back to school and by lunch time my phone rang
21:38the headmaster's voice was shaking mrs moretti this is an emergency leo had pinned carter's hand to
21:44a desk with a compass harder scream his friends froze mrs moretti this is assault your school let
21:49three boys beat my son for weeks i have photos of every bruise should i send them to the reed
21:54family
21:54lawyers or to the press i thought so leo stays enrolled carter transfers are we clear yes mrs
22:01moretti leo came home walking taller mia ran over and grabbed his hand she chattered like nothing had
22:10changed but everything had changed he looked at me over her head for the first time leo moretti
22:15smiled at me a real smile small private earned elena watched from the stairs arms crossed silent smart
22:21woman she was finally learning but elena was not the only danger outside these walls the school had
22:25learned my name soon so would the rest of new york three months after the wedding the front gates
22:31opened without warning no call no message from his men four black suvs rolled up the driveway at 7 pm
22:37i was in the dining room with the children leo helped mia with homework i had wine in one hand
22:42budget papers in the other the butler appeared in the doorway white-faced mrs moretti the don is home
22:48leo's head snapped up mia dropped her pencil i took a sip of wine set the glass down
22:56well about time i heard him before i saw him heavy footsteps men moving aside a short command
23:02in italian then the dining room doors swung open dominic moretti walked in with blood still on his
23:06shirt he was taller than his photo broader dark hair pushed back eyes sharp from sleepless nights his
23:11black shirt was stained with blood forearm collar jaw not his blood looked around the room he saw the
23:16children first leo sat straight strong mia was bright eyed her cheeks full again no one spoke
23:21no one breathed then mia broke the silence daddy daddy mommy taught me big words leo does push-ups now
23:28and we eat breakfast first every day mommy
23:35dominic's eyes found mine i was sitting in his chair the big leather one at the head of the table
23:39the one nobody had touched in years lifted my wine glass welcome home darling you're three months
23:46late and leo stood from his chair he didn't run he walked to his father shoulders back chin level dad
23:51dominic looked down at his son his face changed for half a second leo you've grown three inches
23:58mom measured last week mom no one missed it elena stood stiff near the fireplace barely holding her
24:04composure dominic set mia down gently he looked at elena then at me in his seat his jaw did not
24:11move
24:11the whole room felt the warning someone will explain what happened here elena rushed forward grabbed his
24:17arm dominic thank god you're back that woman is insane she terrorized us she stole from me turned the
24:26children against me i did not answer i looked at leo for the first time my son stepped forward leo
24:32looked at me once then he faced his father dominic's eyes settled on him leo speak
24:41elena reached for dominic's arm dominic she's poisoned him tell me everything leo's voice was
24:45steady no begging no shaking he told him about the empty trust about marco's cigarette burns
24:51about mia crying herself to sleep hungry then leo pulled up his sleeve slowly all the way past the
24:56elbow the scars were still there round old clear one after another dominic looked at them his face stayed
25:01still but his fist closed until his knuckles cracked guards near the door shifted they felt it too elena's
25:06tears stopped at once he's lying she coached him dominic did not blink mia baby mia looked up from my
25:15lap
25:15is leo telling the truth mia nodded small certain mommy fixed it mommy made elena stop that sentence
25:23broke elena harder than any slap dominic you can't believe a child over me dominic finally turned toward
25:31her his eyes had changed dominic reached behind his back pulled a black gun set it on the dining table
25:39no one moved
25:42his voice was low that was worse than shouting i trusted you i sent money every month i called every
25:49week i asked if my children were okay every time you said yes they were okay three million dollars elena
25:58he tapped the table once you think i don't check my own accounts
26:03you think i missed sloin freezing your life elena's mouth open nothing came out he already knew before
26:09he walked in he had chosen her sentence my wife didn't kill you he looked at me then back at
26:14elena that
26:15was her mercy it won't be mine elena grabbed her knees almost gave out you have until sunrise take nothing
26:23not a ring not a dollar if i see your face after dawn i will not ask again dominic please
26:30where am
26:31i supposed to that is no longer my problem she looked at the guards at me i sipped my wine
26:38elena
26:39turned and walked out halfway down the hall she started running the front door slammed is she really gone
26:45daddy mia tugged dominic's hand he lifted her up pressed his forehead against hers yes sweetheart
26:53she's really gone over mia's shoulder he looked at me we need to talk tonight i set down my glass
26:59i'll
27:00be waiting he came to my room at midnight the door opened and dominic stood there black shirt sleeves
27:06rolled a trace of blood still marked his collar he closed the door behind him locked it three months
27:13i left you here with nothing no backup no authority
27:21and you rebuilt my house someone had to he stopped two feet away close enough to smell smoke on him
27:29what do you want sloan excuse me from this from me the name the money what's your price
27:39you think i did all that for a paycheck everyone has a motive i stepped closer i want a husband
27:45who
27:46shows up i want those children strong and never left unprotected again if you can't do that stay out
27:52of my way i'll do it for you you're not afraid of me no everyone is afraid of me i'm
27:57not everyone
27:58you knew that when you chose me
28:02i picked you for one reason his hand came up fingers closed around my jaw firm but careful
28:07three years ago i saw you fight your stepmother you won then bought yourself dinner
28:14you saw that i saw everything the fight the tears you wiped when no one was looking and the coat
28:20you
28:20gave that homeless kid everyone said you were vicious but i knew better i needed someone vicious
28:27someone who would protect my children the way no one protected her so you used me yes and now now
28:34i don't want it to be an arrangement anymore he kissed me hard i kissed him back not gently
28:38not sweetly with every bit of anger i had carried for three months he pulled me close i did not
28:42step
28:42away partners partners that night the proxy contract stopped mattering we were not strangers anymore
28:50we were something more dangerous a blood partnership at dawn dominic opened a map on the desk one
28:55city was circled in black las vegas new territory new rules our rules we left new york on a tuesday
29:06no announcement no farewell before we left i had one last thing to do nana sat in her parlor pearls
29:11cane i pulled off the donna ring and set it in front of her keep it or sell it the
29:16children will they be
29:17all right they'll be untouchable she closed her fist around the ring turned to the window i left without
29:23looking back outside dominic waited by the suv done done leo and mia were already inside mia climbed into my
29:37lap
29:40mom will there be a pool three three leo hit a smile behind his book at the airport dominic took
29:49my hand
29:52no more new york no more new york the jet lifted three months ago my family sold me to a
30:00stranger they
30:01expected me to suffer to fail to call back instead i took a dead woman's place and made it mine
30:07i raised
30:07her children until fear left their eyes i married the most dangerous man on the east coast not by kneeling
30:13by
30:14standing my ground mom can we get a dog we'll get two dominic took my hand he said nothing he
30:28didn't
30:28need to i did not come to be a quiet wife i came to change everything and from that day
30:32on no one called
30:33the moretti's week again