Chapter 22

• Antonietta stared at her son, lost in thought. It had never crossed her mind that this had been the reason for his breakup with Eleonora.
• "I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for you, my son, but..."
• "But?" Vittorio raised an eyebrow. "Tell me, Mrs. Antonietta, what defense is there for a woman who not only betrayed me but did so with the man I considered a brother, my best friend, and the one responsible for my father's death?"