Bruce grew increasingly irritated as he watched her cry. Although he wanted to throw her out, he worried that she might actually expose his drug use, so he forced himself to calm down and said, "That's enough. Stop crying."
He handed her a tissue and tried to soften his tone. "Promises don't mean anything in the real world. You and Dexter never had a future together, and even if he had not left you now, he would have eventually. Are you really planning to stay irrelevant forever, or quit the industry and marry him?"
Arianna's eyes were red and swollen, and her thoughts drifted into confusion.
She knew she was greedy and wanted both money and love, but when she had to choose between them, she realized she leaned toward money.
She had resented Dexter at times over the years and wondered
