Chapter 17 Payback

• Marina
• Present
• I adjust my mask discretely. If Giovanni sees an imperfection, he'll beat it out of me later. His words, not mine. My revolting betrothed laughs beside me at something one of his colleagues is saying. He's talking to another crime family heir. If I remember correctly, I think his name is Moretti. That name rules Italy. My father is beside him. I'm not really listening, but I can hear them speak of some prize he's about to be collecting and based on the way they're chuckling suggestively, I don't think it's of monetary value. I shiver in disgust.