Prologue~
Mia
This time of year, a sea of green surrounded my parents' mansion tucked away in the Ozark Mountains. High above, the sun shone in a beautiful sapphire-blue sky. Workers milled about in preparation for my brother Dario's wedding. As a means of an escape from the hubbub or perhaps hoping to avoid the bride's incoming family, my cousin Giorgia and I lay by the pool, enjoying the solitude out of the way of the chaos.
Giorgia lay on her stomach, a magazine in her grasp, as she read news of celebrities and the type of people often envied. “I'm thankful all of our dirty laundry isn't published for the world to read."
“Like the fact Dario is marrying someone from the cartel?"
Giorgia laughed. “Catalina was nice enough at the bridal shower."
Closing my eyes, I remembered t
