Her tears welled up, and a lump caught in Arianna's throat as she watched her cousin, but she swallowed her tears, trying to be strong for her.
“I’ll get you out of there, B. I’ll find a way to free you from that hell.”
Bianca laughed humorlessly as she wiped her tears. “You can’t, Ari. No one can. This marriage is my sentence. Only death can free me from this.”
Arianna swallowed hard because she didn’t want to think about that. “I married the second most important man in the entire Cosa Nostra, B. This marriage has to be good for something.” Enzo detests me, but something must be doable, she thought.
“Right, as if your husband would let you dominate him,” Bianca said ironically, and Arianna looked down with regret. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that. I’m just overwhelmed.”
“No, you’re ri
