BRUNO I wasn't angry or furious about everything that had happened; I was seething with rage at how my sister had invited Arcelia with the intention of sabotaging my slow progress with Marion. I couldn't forgive her. I wasn't a fool, and that's basically how she was treating me. I loved my sister very much and had always looked out for her as a good older brother, but it's one thing to love her and another to cross the line and meddle in my private life. Maybe Marion doesn't come from a good family, but she's the most astute and intelligent woman I've ever known, and that's not something you can easily find even coming from "a good family." Lorna looked at me with terror in her eyes, and I practically dragged her to the exit. "Bruno, you're hurting me," she said as I practically dragge

