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00:00At ma wedding rehearsal with Dante Corrione,
00:02his late brother Davide's fiancé, Lucia Ferrani,
00:05has stepped onto the rooftop.
00:07Look! Someone's going to jump!
00:13Camilla, I want Dante to marry me in his brother's play,
00:16just this once.
00:18I'm not trying to take anything from you.
00:20I just want to have the wedding vows
00:21my husband never got to give me.
00:24With that, she leans forward as if to jump.
00:27Dante turns pale with fright.
00:32Lucia, come down first.
00:34As long as you come down,
00:35I'll agree to any request you make.
00:37Dante rushes onto the rooftop and brings Lucia down.
00:43Camilla, Davide died protecting me
00:45in that shootout on Thanksgiving.
00:47Without him, I never would have become
00:48don of the Corrione Familia.
00:50I have to fulfill Lucia's wish.
00:54I stand below, watching him slip
00:56the very wedding ring I designed onto Lucia's finger.
01:00The vows could be borrowed,
01:02the ring could be borrowed,
01:03even my man could be loaned out
01:04to comfort another woman.
01:06In that case, I'm done with this wedding.
01:09I walk up to the altar,
01:11grab Lucia's wrist,
01:12and try to remove the ring
01:13I spent seven months designing.
01:15The inside of the band is engraved
01:16with Dante's and my initials.
01:18Lucia keeps struggling,
01:19and the ring is flung away.
01:20You're making a fuss over nothing, Camilla.
01:22We're just rehearsing the ceremony.
01:23But I've spent two years
01:24planning this wedding rehearsal.
01:25So, what should we do
01:27about the rest of the ceremony?
01:29Let's just finish the ceremony.
01:33Camilla, we still have
01:34the real wedding this afternoon.
01:36You know Lucia hasn't been able
01:37to move on these past few years.
01:39Of course I knew.
01:40Dante and I may have been brought together
01:42by an arranged marriage
01:43between our familias,
01:44but he loved me more than life itself.
01:46During a shootout,
01:47he took a bullet for me.
01:49Whenever my stomach condition flared up,
01:52he would immediately abandon his duties
01:53and stay by my side all night.
01:56Camilla, you will always be my first choice.
01:59But after Davy died,
02:01everything changed.
02:02Dante spent every anniversary
02:03of his death with Lucia.
02:05When she cried, he went to her.
02:07When she wanted to take Davy's car out
02:09for a late night drive,
02:10he went with her.
02:11I was no longer his first choice.
02:14He always placed me second to Lucia.
02:17And that kind of love?
02:19I no longer wanted it.
02:22Ultimately, Dante still chose
02:24to continue the ceremony.
02:26I watch helplessly as Dante stands
02:28in the venue I personally designed,
02:29exchanging vows meant for me
02:31with another woman.
02:32Once they have gone through
02:33all the different versions of the vows,
02:35a tiny gasp suddenly escapes Lucia.
02:38I think I forgot to record it.
02:40What should I do?
02:41I wanted to bring it to Davy's greve
02:43and show it to him.
02:44We can just do it again.
02:45So by the time they finish,
02:46three hours have already passed.
02:48The actual ceremony is scheduled
02:49for 4 p.m.
02:51Dante, I want to go to the cemetery
02:53and let Davy see me in my wedding dress.
02:56Okay, I'll go with you.
02:59Dante!
03:00Our wedding is in less than an hour!
03:02We'll make it in time.
03:03And if you don't?
03:04I'll make it work.
03:06After saying that,
03:07he impatiently takes Lucia by the hand
03:09and prepares to leave.
03:10A tremendous wave of anger surges through me
03:12and I call out to him.
03:14Dante!
03:14If you leave now,
03:15then I'll cancel the wedding!
03:20Dante's expression darkens instantly.
03:22Camilla Colombo!
03:23You could never leave me
03:24and I absolutely won't allow it.
03:28Trust me, okay?
03:29I will definitely make it back in time.
03:31He still left with Lucia,
03:33leaving me alone
03:34to face everyone's mockery.
03:37Not long after,
03:39Lucia sends me a video.
03:41In the video,
03:42she is collapsed in front of Davyce's grave,
03:44sobbing so hard
03:45she can barely catch her breath.
03:46Dante crouches beside her,
03:48comforting her over and over.
03:50They stay like that
03:51until the sun begins to set.
03:52The two of them seem to have
03:54completely lost track of time.
03:55I stand inside the chapel,
03:57watching the clock on my phone
03:58tick from 3.50pm to 3.55pm
04:00and finally to 4pm.
04:02The bells of the Kholak Femija chapel
04:04ring four times.
04:05Everyone is waiting for him,
04:06but he is still nowhere to be seen.
04:08I wait another 40 minutes
04:09before he finally calls.
04:11Let's reschedule the wedding.
04:13Okay.
04:15At this moment,
04:16I finally give up all hope.
04:19Cancel the...
04:22wedding.
04:22Then I take off
04:23the heavy wedding dress,
04:25pick up the scissors,
04:26and cut it to pieces
04:26little by little.
04:27Dante,
04:28I don't want the wedding dress anymore,
04:29and I don't want you either.
04:32The next day,
04:33I had barely opened
04:34the door to my office
04:35when my right-hand woman,
04:37Olivia Velotti,
04:37rushed towards me
04:38with a stack
04:39of congratulary cards.
04:41Congratulations, Camilla.
04:42The others immediately
04:43started chiming in.
04:44You didn't invite us
04:45to the wedding,
04:46so you have to buy us whiskey!
04:48How come Mr. Corgoni
04:49didn't drop you off today?
04:50Because Dante was afraid
04:51inviting too many people
04:53would upset Lucia.
04:54Our wedding had been kept small.
04:56Only a few close relatives
04:57from both families
04:58had been invited.
04:59I smiled as I accepted the cards.
05:01Let's get those weapon orders
05:02from last month
05:03taken care of first.
05:04Then we'll talk about whiskey.
05:06A collective groan
05:07went up around the office.
05:08Olivia's among them.
05:09Well, if there's no whiskey,
05:10you can at least show us
05:11some photos from the ceremony, right?
05:13Before I could answer,
05:14one of the new assistants
05:15suddenly let out a quiet gasp.
05:18Holding up her phone,
05:19she looked at me hesitantly.
05:21On her screen was a photo
05:22Lucia had posted on social media.
05:24In it, Dante and Lucia
05:26were standing at the altar
05:27with the chapel's stained glass windows
05:29spread out behind them
05:30like a set of dazzling wings.
05:32The caption read,
05:34I finally got to hear those vows.
05:37Below it was a string of comments.
05:39After all these years,
05:40you can finally let go
05:41of your regrets.
05:42Davide would be happy
05:43for you up in heaven.
05:45The new assistant asked quietly,
05:48Mrs. Colomo,
05:49is this Mr. Corleone's sister?
05:51Another person lumped her sleeve.
05:53Stop asking.
05:54It was just the rehearsal yesterday.
05:56The wedding was postponed.
05:57I explained.
05:59Seeing the relief
05:59on everyone's faces,
06:00I gave a helpless little smile
06:02and slid the cards
06:03into my desk drawer.
06:04My afternoon meeting
06:05had just finished
06:05when Dante called.
06:07I'm at the rear entrance.
06:08He had brought
06:09my favorite white roses
06:10as well as a thermal flask
06:11containing homemade soup.
06:12His car was parked
06:13at the entrance of the alley
06:14with him leaning against the door
06:16and massaging his temples.
06:17He looked utterly exhausted.
06:19Clearly,
06:19he hadn't slept well again.
06:21When he saw me come out,
06:22his eyes lit up for a moment.
06:24He handed me the flowers.
06:25Mi dispiace.
06:26I didn't arrange things
06:27properly yesterday.
06:28I didn't reach for the flowers.
06:29He then held out
06:30the thermal flask to me
06:31and gave me a pitiful look.
06:32You didn't eat breakfast again,
06:34did you?
06:34Your stomach's sensitive.
06:35I made you some Zupa.
06:37Looking at the thermal flask,
06:39my heart softened just a bit.
06:41I had a sensitive stomach
06:42and I was a picky eater too.
06:45Especially around
06:45the end of each quarter
06:46when the familia's accounts
06:48had to be settled,
06:49the stress always triggered
06:50agonizing stomach pain.
06:51When Dante found out about this,
06:53he's someone who had never
06:54set foot in the kitchen before,
06:56started hiring all kinds of chefs
06:58and learning from them.
06:59Those hands that were used
07:00to holding guns
07:01ended up covered in blisters
07:02from burns.
07:03Over time,
07:04his cooking became better
07:05and better.
07:07And with each meal,
07:08he cooked with his own two hands.
07:11My stomach slowly improved.
07:13Honestly,
07:14as long as Lucia wasn't involved,
07:15he really was very good to me.
07:17That was the only reason
07:18I kept giving in,
07:19over and over again.
07:20I had just reached
07:21for the thermal fast
07:22when Dante's phone rang.
07:24He glanced at the screen.
07:26When he saw that it was Lucia,
07:27he hung up.
07:28The phone rang again.
07:30He declined it again.
07:32But when it rang the third time,
07:35he still answered it.
07:37Lucia's tearful voice
07:38came through the speaker.
07:40Dante,
07:40mi dispiace.
07:41I shouldn't be bothering you,
07:42but my stomach suddenly hurts so much.
07:45If Davide were here,
07:46he'd definitely cook
07:47my favorite food for me.
07:48Dante's eyes flicked
07:49toward the thermal flask
07:50in my hands.
07:51I lowered my eyes
07:52and held it back out to him.
07:53Take it.
07:54His hand
07:55inchedively reached for it,
07:56then froze awkwardly in midair.
07:59Camilla, I...
08:00I interjetted.
08:02Lucia needs it more right now,
08:03right?
08:04He let out a sigh of relief
08:06and finally took it
08:07with a clear conscience.
08:08I'll make you more tomorrow.
08:10Va bene.
08:11I watched him walk away.
08:12My lips branted,
08:13but in the end,
08:13I said nothing.
08:14Tomorrow.
08:15I scoffed inwardly.
08:16Dante had probably forgotten
08:17how many tomorrows
08:18he'd promised me already.
08:20And every single tomorrow
08:21was pushed off to the next,
08:23because Lucia always had
08:24something new to be sad about.
08:26Whether it was the soup
08:27or the wedding,
08:27as long as Lucia was involved,
08:29Dante would always put her first.
08:31As for me,
08:32all I ever got was a promise
08:34that he'd make it up to me next time.
08:37That evening,
08:38when I returned to my bedroom,
08:40I took out the stack
08:41of congratulatory cards
08:42I had received during the day.
08:44The one on top read,
08:46Wishing Miss Columba
08:47a lifetime of happiness.
08:49I went through them one by one,
08:51put them into a folder,
08:52then locked it away in a safe.
08:53I didn't throw them away.
08:55They had only wanted me to be happy.
08:57The old me had mistakenly believed
08:59that I already had it.
09:01Now,
09:01it was time for me
09:02to go find the real thing.
09:03That weekend,
09:05Dante's mother,
09:05Maria,
09:06brought Lucia to my place
09:07to apologize to me.
09:08Dante immediately set aside
09:10what he was doing
09:10and walked out of the study.
09:12She said she was hosting
09:13a dinner party
09:14so we could go over
09:15the wedding details again,
09:16and that the Corioni familia
09:17would throw me
09:18an even grander wedding.
09:19I gave it some thought,
09:20things needed proper closer anyway,
09:22so,
09:22wanting to make things clear
09:24to them,
09:24face to face,
09:26I decided to go.
09:27At the dinner table,
09:28Maria made some small talk
09:29for a while,
09:30before bringing up the music
09:31for the wedding procession.
09:34The original song
09:35had been my choice.
09:38Dante and I had met
09:39at a Christmas party,
09:40and that was the song
09:41that had been playing
09:42on the dance floor that night.
09:43Later,
09:44when he drove me home,
09:45he heard the same song
09:46playing as my phone ringtone.
09:48He had said back then,
09:49Let's play this at our wedding.
09:54Yet,
09:54at this dinner,
09:56Maria pulled out
09:57a revised ceremony schedule.
09:59Since we're inviting
10:00more people now,
10:01we should make a few change.
10:03De Vive loved this procession
10:05when he was alive.
10:06We can play it
10:07before the wedding starts.
10:09That way,
10:10it'll be sort of like him
10:11seeing his little brother
10:12getting married.
10:13I agreed obediently,
10:15swallowing the words
10:16I'd originally intended to say
10:18about canceling
10:19the wedding entirely.
10:21I wanted to see
10:22just how many more
10:23ridiculous arrangements
10:24they had left.
10:26Maria smiled
10:27and patted the back
10:28of my hand.
10:29You're always so
10:30understanding, Camilla.
10:31Hearing this,
10:32Lucia suddenly turned
10:33to Maria
10:34with a pitiful expression.
10:35Maria,
10:36could I wear my wedding dress
10:37and go up to the altar
10:38before the wedding starts
10:39to lay some flowers
10:40for DeViti?
10:41Maria's eyes
10:42immediately reddened.
10:43Of course you can.
10:45When she saw me frown,
10:47Lucia cautiously
10:48looked over at me.
10:49I won't take long,
10:50Camilla.
10:51Just three minutes.
10:53Maria chimed in,
10:54trying to consuaze me too.
10:57Lucia has carried
10:58this heavy grief
10:59all by herself
11:00for so many years.
11:01She deserves a chance
11:02to say goodbye.
11:04She can lay the flowers,
11:05but she can't wear
11:06a wedding dress.
11:07There won't be another woman
11:08wearing a wedding dress
11:09at my wedding.
11:11Maria frowned.
11:12She was about to say something,
11:13but Dante cut in first.
11:14It's just a tribute segment,
11:16Camilla.
11:16Lucia just wants to say
11:17a proper goodbye.
11:18You think she should be allowed
11:19to wear a wedding dress too?
11:20His eyes darted away.
11:21Even he knew
11:22how absurd the suggestion was,
11:23yet he still insisted.
11:25She'll never be able
11:25to marry DeViti.
11:26I chuckled.
11:27So,
11:28I'm just supposed
11:29to hand over my wedding
11:30so she can play the bride?
11:32Lucia shot to her feet,
11:34her eyes already brimming
11:35with tears.
11:36Fine!
11:37I won't wear it!
11:38Her voice trembled
11:39as the tears spilled
11:40down her cheeks.
11:41Mi dispiace, Camilla!
11:42It's my fault!
11:44I deserve to die,
11:45but I really have no intention
11:47of stealing your wedding
11:48from you!
11:48Mi dispiace!
11:51I shouldn't have brought it up!
11:53I'll,
11:53I'll,
11:53I'll leave now!
11:54She turned and fled,
11:55her thin heels slipping
11:56on the floor
11:57as she stumbled
11:57towards the door.
11:58Dante immediately shot up
11:59and chased after her,
12:00his chair crashing
12:01to the floor behind him.
12:03No one went
12:03to pick it up.
12:07The door closed,
12:08and the dining room
12:09fell silent again.
12:10Maria slammed her silver fork
12:12against the edge
12:12of her plate.
12:13Camilla,
12:14Dante loves you,
12:15and the Corlepo familia
12:16has even given you
12:17the position of the donor.
12:18What more could you
12:19possibly want?
12:20Devi is already dead
12:21while you still have Dante.
12:23You have an entire
12:23lifetime with him.
12:25Why can't you spare
12:25three minutes for Lucia?
12:27She has nothing left!
12:28The dinner ended
12:29on a bitter note.
12:30No one mentioned
12:31my wedding again,
12:32and since no one asked me,
12:33I didn't bother bringing up
12:35that I intended
12:35to cancel it either.
12:36Half an hour later,
12:38Dante received a phone call.
12:40Lucia had gone
12:40to the street corner
12:41where Davide
12:42had taken a bullet for him,
12:43and she was currently
12:44standing on the rooftop
12:45of the abandoned apartment
12:46building beside that street.
12:48Same scene played out
12:49all over again.
12:52By the time I rushed over,
12:54night had fallen completely.
12:55Dante stood at the edge
12:56of the rooftop,
12:57one hand extended.
12:59Lucia,
12:59wearing that old wedding dress,
13:01was sitting on the very edge.
13:02Her veil flapped violently
13:04in the wind,
13:04and her face was streaked
13:05with tears.
13:07Dante,
13:08I know I shouldn't live
13:08in the past.
13:09That's why I wanted
13:10to borrow three minutes
13:11to say goodbye to Davide.
13:12If I can't even have
13:13this one wish,
13:13then I think I'd rather
13:14just go join Davide!
13:15With that,
13:16she leaned forward
13:16as off to jump.
13:18I promise you,
13:19as long as you come down,
13:20the wedding day
13:21will belong to you
13:21and Davide.
13:22You can say a proper
13:22goodbye to him.
13:23Then I watched
13:24as Lucia threw herself
13:25into his arms,
13:27sobbing like a wounded
13:28little animal.
13:29Dante took off his coat
13:30and wrapped it around her.
13:32As he walked past me,
13:33the first thing out of his mouth
13:35was an accusation.
13:37Did you really have
13:38to push her this far?
13:39He was blaming me.
13:40As he said this,
13:42Lucia was wrapped
13:43in his arms,
13:44clutching his sleeve tightly.
13:46It's my own fault
13:47for being useless.
13:48Don't blame Camilla.
13:51Dante looked down at her,
13:52then leaned in
13:53to hold her even tighter.
13:56At 1 a.m.,
13:57Dante called me.
13:59Camilla,
14:00we need to talk.
14:01The doctor said
14:02Lucia's showing clear
14:02signs of PTSD right now.
14:04Having a tribute segment
14:05at the wedding
14:05could really be a good
14:06form of therapy for her.
14:07You know,
14:07Davide saved my life.
14:08I can't just stand by
14:09and watch something
14:10happen to Lucia.
14:11I finally spoke up.
14:12Dante,
14:13who am I to you?
14:14You're the most
14:15important person to me.
14:16That's why I need
14:17you to understand me.
14:18He answered without hesitation.
14:21He said it so lightly,
14:23yet the words landed
14:24on my heart
14:25like a crushing weight.
14:27As it turned out,
14:28being the most important person
14:30meant being the first
14:31person to yield.
14:33Being loved meant
14:34pushing back one's
14:35own boundaries
14:35time and time again
14:36until one was standing
14:38right at the edge
14:38of a cliff
14:39with nowhere left
14:39to retreat.
14:40I asked another question.
14:43What if,
14:44on the day of the ceremony,
14:45she gets so emotional
14:46that she refuses
14:47to step down
14:48from the altar?
14:51I'll handle it.
14:52Dante assured me.
14:54What if she cries
14:55and asks you
14:56to hold her hand
14:56and run through
14:57the whole ceremony
14:58so she can fulfill
14:59Davide's wishes?
15:00Would you say yes
15:01to that too?
15:05He fell silent.
15:06He couldn't give an answer
15:08to that question.
15:09Or rather,
15:09the answer was already
15:10right there
15:11in his silence.
15:13Camilla.
15:13When he finally spoke again,
15:15his voice was thick
15:16with exhaustion.
15:17Stop throwing a tantrum.
15:19I'm really tired.
15:20So,
15:21all my hurt
15:22and grievances
15:22were nothing more
15:23than a childish tantrum
15:24to him.
15:25So,
15:26to him,
15:27I was merely a nuisance
15:28he had to spare
15:28some energy to polite.
15:31But was I really
15:32the source
15:32of his exhaustion?
15:34No,
15:34it was all on him.
15:36He thought he could
15:37carry everyone's lives
15:38on his shoulders
15:38and he even
15:39presumptionally decided
15:40to use my life
15:41to save Lucia's too.
15:43I ended the call
15:44and cancelled
15:44the wedding venue
15:45reservation.
15:46Then I applied
15:47for an overseas
15:47assignment
15:48with my own familia
15:49to help expand
15:50our business
15:50in North Aldera.
15:52The following evening,
15:53I dropped my wedding ring
15:54in the mailbox
15:55at the entrance
15:56of the Corleone family estate.
15:57Small note accompanied it.
15:58Adio per sempre, Dante.
16:00Just as I opened
16:00the car door,
16:01my phone rang.
16:02It was Dante.
16:03His voice sounded
16:04even more exhausted
16:05than before.
16:07Camilla,
16:08I really don't have
16:08the energy
16:09to pace out you
16:09right now.
16:10Can't you be
16:11a little more
16:11understanding?
16:12I watched the skyline
16:13recede outside
16:14the car window.
16:15The streetlights
16:15of Sicovela
16:16glittered across
16:17the window pane
16:17like scattered gold.
16:19Then don't.
16:19We're done, Dante.
16:22There was a pause
16:23on the other end,
16:24followed by the sound
16:24of something crashing
16:25to the floor.
16:26Do you even know
16:27what you're saying, Camilla?
16:28I do.
16:29I answered before
16:30hanging up.
16:30Then I opened
16:31my contacts
16:32and blocked his number.
16:33The city lights
16:34and every bit
16:35of our past together
16:36disappeared behind me.
16:38At first, Dante
16:39didn't believe
16:39I would actually leave.
16:41By the time
16:41our friends brought it up,
16:42I was already
16:42in a small coastal town
16:44in southwestern Floravan.
16:45The rest of the familia
16:47knew what had happened,
16:48but they didn't say
16:49anything about it.
16:50They simply handed over
16:52a few minor smuggling routes
16:53and a couple of legitimate
16:54food processing plants
16:56for me to run.
16:56It was their way
16:57of letting me get away
16:58for a while.
17:00On my first night,
17:02the sea breeze
17:03slipped through the gaps
17:04in the shutters.
17:05I sat in a swivel chair,
17:06both hands wrapped
17:07around a cup of coffee,
17:08while my phone filled up
17:09with missed calls
17:10from unknown numbers.
17:10I didn't answer
17:11a single one.
17:12The next morning,
17:13the manager of the branch office
17:14took me down
17:14to inspect the docks,
17:16where a crew of shirtless
17:17dock workers
17:17was sweating under the sun.
17:18There were no flowers,
17:19no wedding dress,
17:20no tearful Lucia,
17:21and no disappointed looks
17:22on Dante's face.
17:23There was just
17:24the salty cement
17:24of the sea breeze
17:25and the endless,
17:26vibrant blue ocean.
17:28Before long,
17:29my days were filled
17:30with all kinds of work.
17:32Meanwhile,
17:33Dante kept switching numbers
17:34and texting me relentlessly.
17:36On the first day,
17:37he texted,
17:38Don't be mad anymore
17:39and come home, Camilla.
17:41On the second day,
17:42he wrote,
17:45You can have the final say
17:46on all the wedding details.
17:48Whatever you want changed,
17:49will change.
17:51On the third day,
17:52it was,
17:54Lucia isn't doing well.
17:55I'll come look for you
17:56in a few days.
17:57It wasn't until the seventh day
17:58that he finally started to panic.
18:00Where the hell are you?
18:01I went to see your familia
18:02and they told me
18:03you applied for an overseas assignment.
18:05Why didn't you tell me?
18:06Did you tell them
18:07not to tell me where you went?
18:09Answer the phone, Camilla.
18:12I didn't reply
18:12to a single message.
18:14Later,
18:14Olivia told me
18:15that Dante
18:16had come to the office.
18:17When he couldn't find me,
18:18he waited downstairs
18:19all afternoon,
18:21smoking one cigarette
18:22after another.
18:24She even secretly
18:25took a picture of him for me.
18:27In the photo,
18:28Dante's hair was a mess,
18:29dark circles shadowed his eyes,
18:31and his suit
18:32was completely rumpled.
18:33If the old me
18:34had seen him like that,
18:35my heart would have broken for him.
18:37But now,
18:37I felt nothing.
18:38It was way too late
18:39to regret things
18:40only after losing them.
18:42By the 14th day,
18:44Dante belatedly realized
18:45that I had cancelled
18:46everything related
18:47to the wedding,
18:48and that was when
18:49he truly panicked.
18:50For the first time,
18:51he believed
18:52that I really was done with him.
18:54But right then,
18:55something came up
18:56with Lucia again.
18:57She claimed
18:58she heard Davice
18:59calling her from the hallway,
19:00and before she knew it,
19:02she had wandered
19:03all the way up
19:04to the rooftop.
19:05Sobbing,
19:06she said that maybe
19:07Davice missed her
19:08and wanted her
19:09to go be with him.
19:14Maria panicked
19:15and called Dante
19:16again and again,
19:17demanding that he hurry home.
19:18When he rushed back
19:20to the Corioni estate,
19:21Lucia was sitting
19:22on the edge of the rooftop.
19:24Her face was deathly pale,
19:26and she looked so frail,
19:27it seemed like the wind
19:29might carry her away
19:30at any second.
19:32Still,
19:33she tilted her head back,
19:35exposing her slender neck.
19:37Don't worry about me, Dante.
19:39Go find Camilla.
19:42As for me,
19:44I'm going to see Davice.
19:46Dante looked at her.
19:48In the past,
19:49the second he heard
19:50something like that,
19:51he would have rushed forward
19:53and coaxed her down
19:54a young noun
19:55in the gentlest voice
19:56he could manage.
19:58But this time,
19:59he merely asked,
20:02How did you know she left?
20:06Lucia's eyes darted away.
20:10Maria told me.
20:11Maria sighed.
20:13Honestly,
20:14that Camilla.
20:15How can she not
20:16give us a heads up
20:17before doing something
20:18as big as canceling
20:19the wedding?
20:19And she just packed up
20:21and left without a word, too.
20:22Don't worry, Dante.
20:24Anyone can see
20:25that she can't live
20:25without you.
20:26She's just throwing
20:27a tantrum.
20:28Give it a few days
20:29and she'll come
20:30crying back to you.
20:32Dante didn't say a word.
20:34He thought to himself
20:35that neither of the women
20:36truly knew Camilla.
20:37She wasn't someone
20:38who used a breakup
20:39as a threat.
20:40She barely even raised
20:41her voice
20:41when she got mad.
20:42But once she said something,
20:44she never took it back.
20:46Lucia was eventually
20:47talked down
20:48from the muftime.
20:50but as she was helped
20:51back to her room,
20:53she clung tightly
20:53to Dante's sleeve,
20:55refusing to let go.
20:57Over the next few days,
20:59she remained
20:59highly emotional,
21:02shouting Davide's name
21:03into the air
21:04all day long.
21:05Each time Dante
21:06tried to leave
21:07to look for me,
21:09Maria would summon him back.
21:11On the 20th day
21:13after my departure,
21:14Dante discussed with Maria
21:15the idea of packing up
21:16Davide's belongings,
21:18leaving them out
21:18in the open
21:19was only constantly
21:20reopening old wounds
21:21for Lucia.
21:22And that wasn't good
21:23for her recovery.
21:24But Lucia refused.
21:25She grabbed hold
21:26of the doorframe
21:27and sobbed so hard
21:28she could barely breathe.
21:29Dante watched her
21:30in silence.
21:31Maria, please don't
21:32touch his things.
21:32I'm begging you.
21:33Leave me something
21:34to remember him by.
21:35Dante watched her
21:36in silence for a long time
21:37before suddenly speaking up.
21:39Why do you keep refusing
21:40to let us look through
21:41Davide's belongings?
21:43Lucia froze.
21:45She stammered out.
21:46I...
21:47I just missed
21:48Davide so much.
21:50I don't want to risk
21:51changing anything
21:52he left behind.
21:53Dante didn't say anything.
21:55He simply walked past her
21:56and pushed the door open.
21:58The room remained
21:59exactly as it had been
22:00when Davide was still alive,
22:02including a locked desk drawer.
22:05Dante walked straight
22:06to the desk,
22:07crouched down,
22:08and ran his fingers
22:10along the underside
22:11until he found
22:12a hidden compartment.
22:13That was where the brothers
22:14had hidden marbles
22:15when they were children.
22:16Later,
22:16they used it to stash
22:17little secrets
22:18they didn't want
22:19their mama to find.
22:20Lucia froze.
22:21She watched helplessly
22:22as Dante pulled a key
22:23from the hidden compartment.
22:24He stood,
22:25inserted the key
22:26into the drawer,
22:27and turned it with a click.
22:28Looks like Davide's
22:29I never told you
22:30about the spot.
22:30The drawer slid open
22:32to reveal a document
22:32that hadn't been fully signed.
22:34Agreement for dissolution
22:35of engagement.
22:36Davide's name was written
22:37under the signature line,
22:39and it was dated
22:39one week before his death.
22:41Dante stood frozen
22:42to the spot.
22:44Lucia rushed forward,
22:46reaching out to snatch it.
22:47Dante, let me explain.
22:49He sidestepped her
22:50and deftly pulled
22:51the documents from the drawer.
22:52Clipped behind the agreement
22:53were several bank
22:54transfer statements.
22:56Bit by bit,
22:57Lucia had been wiring
22:58the money Davide she had given her
22:59to a man named Tom.
23:03Lucia,
23:04what is the meaning of this?
23:06That's my fratellino.
23:08Dante flipped to the last page.
23:10It was a printed screenshot
23:12of a chat conversation.
23:14The other man wrote,
23:16Amore,
23:17once you become
23:17the Korgoni familia's Donna,
23:19we'll have endless cash to spend.
23:22Right?
23:23Lucia's face turned ghostly white.
23:25She collapsed next to Davide's desk.
23:29She collapsed next to Davide's desk.
23:31And as she fell,
23:32a USB drive slipped out
23:33from her clothes.
23:34It contained a recording.
23:36For years,
23:37Lucia had played it
23:38over and over again
23:39for the Korgoni famalia,
23:41but she had always played
23:42only the same sentence.
23:44Dante,
23:45I love Lucia.
23:46This time,
23:47the complete recording
23:48finally played.
23:50Davide's frail voice
23:51came through the speakers.
23:53Dante,
23:53I love Lucia,
23:55but she betrayed me.
23:57Make her leave this familia.
24:00She doesn't belong here.
24:02Don't let Mama be fooled
24:04by her anymore.
24:06She and I are over.
24:09When the recording ended,
24:10the whole room
24:11fell dead silent.
24:13It was only broken
24:14when Maria clasped
24:15a hand over her mouth
24:16and a broken sob
24:18escaped between her fingers.
24:19Lucia's face
24:20was drenched in tears
24:21as she crawled towards Dante
24:23and grabbed his pant leg.
24:25I didn't mean to.
24:26I was just so scared.
24:28After Davide died,
24:29I had nothing left.
24:30I only wanted to stay
24:32with the Koryoe familia, Dante.
24:34I just wanted to take care
24:35of you all in Davide's stead.
24:37Dante tilted his head down
24:38and stared at her expressionlessly.
24:39His gaze was so cold
24:40that even Maria
24:41took a step back.
24:43What about the vows
24:44at the rehearsal?
24:45A flicker of confusion
24:47crossed Lucia's face.
24:50What?
24:51You said you wanted
24:52to say the vows
24:52at the ceremony
24:53so Davide could experience it too.
24:55Was that true?
24:56Realizing what he meant,
24:57her face turned ashen
24:58and her lips trembled,
24:59but she couldn't get a word out.
25:01Dante didn't wait
25:02for an answer.
25:02He pulled out his phone
25:03and contacted Davide's
25:05former personal assistant.
25:06The assistant replied
25:07almost immediately,
25:08Davide had already cancelled
25:10the Chapel Resa reservation
25:11before he passed away.
25:13He said that since
25:14the engagement
25:15had been called off,
25:16there was no point
25:17in going through
25:17with the ceremony.
25:19He'd never ordered
25:20a wedding dress either.
25:22Dante closed his eyes.
25:24Why hadn't he thought
25:25to verify any of this sooner?
25:26Why was it only now
25:27that he realized
25:28that all the so-called
25:29last wishes and farewells
25:30were nothing more
25:31than Lucia's excuses
25:32and manipulation,
25:33and yet he'd swallowed
25:34all of it,
25:35even hurting the woman
25:36he loved most because of it?
25:37That night, Dante,
25:39like a madman,
25:40frantically called me
25:41over and over
25:42from countless
25:43different numbers,
25:44but I didn't answer
25:45a single one.
25:47In the end,
25:48he sent me a text.
25:51Camilla, I was wrong.
25:52I glanced down at it
25:53and ignored it.
25:54My new SIM card
25:55would be ready
25:56the next day.
25:57Even after all that,
25:58Lucia still refused
25:59to leave the Corzioni estate.
26:01She locked herself
26:02in Davide's room,
26:03refusing to eat or drink.
26:04Maria eventually caved.
26:06Maybe let's just leave
26:07things like this for now, Dante.
26:09She needs some time,
26:11but Dante didn't budge.
26:12She can continue
26:13getting treatment
26:14at the hospital.
26:15The familia will cover
26:16all the legitimate
26:16medical expenses.
26:17That's the last bit of mercy
26:19I'm willing to give her.
26:20The door suddenly
26:22flew open from the inside.
26:23Lucia stood in the doorway,
26:25disbelief written
26:26all over her face.
26:27You're kicking me out?
26:28Dante looked up at her,
26:29his expression cold.
26:30You never belonged here
26:31in the first place.
26:32If it weren't for Davide,
26:33you never would have been able
26:34to set foot inside
26:35the Corioni estate.
26:36And more importantly,
26:38Davide wanted you
26:39out of this familia.
26:43Tears welled up
26:44in Lucia's eyes.
26:47Davide's already dead?
26:48Do you expect me
26:50to die with him?
26:51Haven't you been saying
26:51all along
26:52that you wanted
26:52to join Davide?
26:53Lucia froze,
26:55as if she couldn't believe
26:56Dante could suddenly
26:57be so merciless.
26:59But her attitude
27:00quickly softened again,
27:01and she rushed over
27:02to grab his sleeve,
27:03just as she had done
27:04counts times before.
27:06I'm just doing
27:06so much pain, Dante.
27:08I love Davide,
27:09I really do.
27:10Besides,
27:11I've lived here
27:12with you all
27:12for three years.
27:13Maria has long since
27:15treated me
27:15like her own daughter.
27:16Why don't you marry me
27:18instead, Dante?
27:19Camilla is gone anyway.
27:22Dante's expression
27:23darkened immediately.
27:24He pried her fingers
27:25off his sleeve
27:26one by one.
27:27How do you have the nerve
27:28to say something like that?
27:29What you love
27:30is the status
27:31the Coraloni familia
27:32gave you.
27:33As for Camilla,
27:35we've owed her
27:35far too much
27:36over these past
27:37three years.
27:38Lucia suddenly
27:39burst out laughing.
27:41Why are you
27:42pretending to be
27:42so devoted now, Dante?
27:44When Camilla left,
27:45didn't you choose me too?
27:46Dante's expression
27:47didn't change,
27:48but his jaw
27:49clenched tight.
27:50He didn't argue.
27:51Escort Miss Farani out.
27:53From now on,
27:53she is not allowed
27:54anywhere on
27:55Corzioni property.
27:56Instead,
27:56he instructed
27:57the butler.
28:00Lucia thrashed
28:01as she was dragged away.
28:02Right as she was
28:03about to be pulled
28:03through the front gates,
28:04she turned back
28:05and screamed.
28:06Do you really think
28:06Camilla will still
28:07want you, Dante?
28:08You're just like me.
28:09Neither of us
28:09is a good person.
28:10She turned back
28:11and screamed.
28:11Dante remained
28:12where he was,
28:13his hands hanging
28:14at his side
28:14slowly tightened
28:15into fists.
28:17Later,
28:18Lucia posted
28:18a lengthy statement
28:19on the underground forums.
28:20She called me petty
28:22and said that I
28:22wouldn't even let her
28:23mourn her late husband.
28:24She claimed that Dante,
28:26just to appease me,
28:26was willing to disregard
28:27the final wishes
28:28of his fratro
28:29who had died for him.
28:30She even attached
28:31a photo of herself
28:31standing on the rooftop
28:32in her wedding dress.
28:33Gossip always spread
28:35like wildfire
28:35and the comment section
28:37was quickly filled
28:38with people cursing me.
28:39They didn't dare
28:39point fingers at Dante,
28:41so they turned
28:41all their anger
28:42towards me instead.
28:43Dante didn't let
28:44the situation fester.
28:45He used his influence
28:46to have Lucia's post deleted,
28:48then he released
28:49all the evidence he had,
28:50including the audio recording
28:51and documents
28:52DeVice had left behind.
28:54On his own profile,
28:55he posted a single sentence.
28:57Camilla never hurt anyone.
28:58We were the ones
28:59who hurt her.
29:00When Olivia sent me
29:01screenshots of all this,
29:03I only spared them
29:04a quick glance.
29:08But I felt
29:09absolutely nothing.
29:12I happened to be reading
29:13The Blind Assassin
29:14right then,
29:15written by a famous author.
29:17One line in it
29:18stood out to me.
29:20saying goodbye
29:21isn't just about forgetting.
29:23A true goodbye
29:24is when you never
29:26look back again.
29:27Life in the small
29:27coastal town
29:28was pretty laid back,
29:29and I quickly bonded
29:30with the dock worker's kids.
29:33One day,
29:33one of the kids
29:34used a pencil
29:35to draw a crooked,
29:36lap-eyed fish.
29:38Across its belly,
29:39he wrote,
29:40Miss Columba.
29:42I grabbed a red pen
29:44and retaliated
29:45by drawing an even
29:46uglier fish next to it,
29:48writing,
29:48little brats
29:49on the stomach.
29:51Then we looked
29:52at each other
29:53and burst out laughing.
29:57Suddenly,
29:58I heard someone
29:58calling my name
29:59from the entrance
30:00to the docks.
30:01I turned around
30:02and found Dante
30:02standing there.
30:03He had lost
30:04a lot of weight.
30:05The black suit
30:06I had once had
30:07custom-made for him
30:08no longer fit quite right.
30:15The kid beside me
30:16glanced back and forth
30:17between Dante's
30:18There's a story here, huh?
30:19he asked,
30:20winking at me.
30:21I couldn't help laughing.
30:23What story?
30:30It's just someone
30:31I used to know.
30:32The light in Dante's eyes
30:34instantly dimmed.
30:36I handed out
30:37some candy to the kids
30:38and they scurried off
30:39happily.
30:40Dante walked up to me.
30:43His face was filled
30:44with grief.
30:45Mi dispiace, Camilla.
30:51I've looked into everything.
30:52Lucia lied to everyone.
30:54Davida had already
30:54broken off their engagement
30:55a long time ago.
30:56I looked at him.
30:57He held out a folder,
30:58wanting me to see
30:59the evidence inside,
31:00but I didn't reach for it.
31:01His hands began to tremble
31:03and a flicker of pleading
31:04crept into his eyes.
31:05Camilla,
31:06I've already made her leave
31:07and I've put out a public
31:08statement clarifying everything.
31:10Can we still-
31:11No!
31:14The hurt and grievances
31:15I suffered because of Lucia
31:17won't just vanish
31:17because you finally
31:18know the truth.
31:24His eyes reddened.
31:26This was the first time
31:27I'd ever seen him
31:28look so vulnerable.
31:30I know I hurt you, Camilla.
31:32I'm not asking you
31:33to forgive me right away.
31:34I can wait.
31:34He put the folded away
31:35and forced his trembling voice
31:37under control.
31:38I shook my head.
31:42Don't wait for me.
31:43His breathing caught,
31:45his lips parted and closed
31:46before he finally managed to ask.
31:49Do you still love me?
31:51I stood quietly in front of him
31:53and considered it
31:53for a long time.
31:57I remembered the first time
31:58he walked towards me
31:59at that Christmas party.
32:01I remembered how he clumsily
32:03tried to make soup for me,
32:04leaving several blisters
32:06on his hands in the process.
32:07I remembered the nights
32:08we spent tangled in bed together,
32:10whispering sweet nothings
32:12to each other.
32:12But I also remembered him
32:14and Lucia standing
32:15at the altar in the chapel.
32:17I remembered him telling me
32:19over the phone
32:19that the wedding
32:20had to be postponed.
32:22I remembered that night
32:23on the rooftop
32:24when he looked at me
32:25with so much disappointment
32:26in his eyes
32:27as he asked,
32:28Did you really have to
32:29push her this far?
32:31I raised my eyes
32:32to meet Dante's gaze.
32:35I used to.
32:45The light in his eyes shattered.
32:47He understood what I meant.
32:49What was over,
32:50was over.
32:51I didn't bother
32:51to watch his reaction.
32:53I just turned
32:54and walked away.
32:55Behind me,
32:56he called out,
32:57Camilla,
32:58what else can I do for you?
32:59I didn't turn around.
33:00I simply waved my hand.
33:02You can stay out of my life.
33:05Lucia eventually found me,
33:06bringing her drama with her.
33:11Before I could even react,
33:13she dropped to her knees
33:14with a loud thud,
33:15tears streaming down her face.
33:19Camilla,
33:19please forgive Dante.
33:20It was all my fault.
33:21If you have to hate someone,
33:22hate me.
33:23Don't hate him.
33:23He didn't know anything.
33:24I had no idea
33:25what kind of act
33:26she was pulling this time,
33:27nor did I know
33:27what right she thought
33:28she had to speak
33:28on Dante's behalf.
33:29Still crying,
33:30she crawled towards me.
33:31I stepped back
33:32a couple of steps,
33:33avoiding her hands
33:33as she tried to reach
33:34for my pant leg.
33:37Are you done?
33:39She blinked,
33:41caught off guard.
33:42If you're done,
33:44then leave.
33:44You're not welcome here.
33:50She started crying
33:51even harder.
33:54If you don't forgive me,
33:55I'm not getting up.
33:57I nodded.
34:00Stay on your knees,
34:01then.
34:03I had never claimed
34:04to be a particularly nice person,
34:06and I had no intention
34:07of falling for her
34:08absurd guilt trip.
34:09If she wanted to kneel,
34:10she could go right ahead
34:11and kneel.
34:12Dante,
34:13having gotten word somehow,
34:14soon came rushing over.
34:15The moment he saw Lucia
34:17keeling on the ground,
34:18his expression darked.
34:19Lucia lunged toward him
34:20like he was her last lifeline.
34:24Dante,
34:24I just wanted to apologize.
34:26I just wanted to help you
34:27get Camilla back.
34:28Dante took a step to the side,
34:30leaving her grabbing
34:31at thin air.
34:32You should ask
34:33if the other person
34:33even wants to hear
34:34your apology first.
34:37I came here to help you.
34:38why are you all
34:39ganging up on me?
34:40Who's ganging up on you?
34:44Did someone gang up on you
34:45and force you to wear
34:46a wedding dress
34:46at my wedding rehearsal?
34:48Or did someone force you
34:49to recite the vows?
34:50Or are you saying
34:51someone forced you
34:52to kneel here today?
34:55Camilla never forced her
34:56to do anything.
35:01The color drained
35:02from Lucia's face
35:03bit by bit.
35:04No!
35:05No, it's not like that!
35:10Why?
35:12Why are you ganging up
35:13on me too?
35:17This is all Camilla's fault.
35:19Yes, if it weren't for her,
35:21you wouldn't have posted
35:22all of that stuff online
35:23and I wouldn't be
35:24looked down on by everyone.
35:27Her voice grew
35:28increasingly sharp
35:29and her eyes twisted
35:30with venomous malice.
35:32This is all your fault,
35:33Camilla!
35:35She reached into
35:35her coat pocket,
35:37yanked out a dagger
35:37and lunged at me.
35:39Dante's gun was much faster
35:41than her movements, though.
35:42A burst of blood
35:44sprayed from her arm
35:45and the dagger
35:46clattered to the ground.
35:47In the end,
35:48she was dragged away
35:49by Dante's men
35:50and taken to a
35:51psychiatric hospital
35:52where she would spend
35:53the rest of her days.
35:54Dante stood a short
35:55distance away.
35:56He looked into my eyes,
35:58his lips moving slightly,
35:59but not a single word
36:00came out.
36:01I spoke up first.
36:02Dante.
36:03His head snapped up.
36:06Thank you.
36:07You finally learned
36:08to take my side.
36:16A spark lit up
36:17in his eyes.
36:18Then I finished
36:19what I was going to say.
36:20But I've already
36:21moved on.
36:22The light in his eyes
36:23instantly died out.
36:24Is there really
36:26no chance for me
36:27anymore, Camilla?
36:28No.
36:32Dante left.
36:33He never bothered me again,
36:35though he did send me
36:36a package.
36:36The wedding ring.
36:37His initials had been
36:38carefully filed off
36:39the inside of the band.
36:41There was also a card
36:42tucked inside the box.
36:44This time,
36:45I'm handing the choice
36:46back to you.
36:47I didn't reply.
36:48As it turned out,
36:50that ring actually
36:51did come in handy
36:51one day.
36:53The kids were playing
36:54pretend down on the beach
36:55one afternoon,
36:56but they were missing
36:56a ring for their
36:57wedding ceremony.
36:58They crowded around me,
36:59chattering excitedly.
37:00The little girl
37:01playing the bride
37:01looked up at me,
37:02her eyes shining brightly.
37:03Mrs. Columbo,
37:04do you have a ring on you?
37:07I thought about it
37:08for a moment.
37:09Then I went back
37:10to my office,
37:11retrieved the ring,
37:12and placed it
37:12in the little girl's palm.
37:14They cheered
37:15and ran off happily.
37:16I smiled as I watched
37:18their tiny figures
37:19disappear into the distance.
37:22At this very moment,
37:24the sea was blue,
37:25the horizon was vast,
37:26and the wind was free.
37:30And so was I.

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