Sophia
The weight of his lies.
It had been a week since Ricci left, and I? I was a transformed woman. It didn't just hit me; it hit me really hard, taking the breath out of me and forcing me to face reality.
And this reality?
Ricci Russo was a monster.
From women trafficking to illegal arms dealing, drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, and bullying.
Name it. I folded my fist with indignation. They had been in a gunfight once; I'd truly wished he'd been killed in the process.
I could face him, but couldn't bear the thought that I'd let him touch me. With filthy hands, filthy fingers.
I was horrified, sick, and beyond myself, with a fever, I didn't know was already threatening to knock me out.
But right now, I needed to act, and I would.
I sat at the back of the black Po
