"I'm going to kill him," I swore sincerely, the vow tearing out of me in a visceral wave because my rational mind was completely gone."Don't talk nonsense," she whispered against my outburst. She pulled back just an inch, but she was still close enough that I could feel her breath on my face. "You know that's impossible.""Have you told anyone?""Only Arianna. That's why I need her so much; she was my only refuge.""But what about someone who can actually do something? Your father, your uncle, your brother?"She snorted, letting out an ironic, bitter laugh."No one cares about me, Fabrizio. I've never mattered to anyone."*God, I want to tell you that I care. I want to throw you over my shoulder and drag you out of this living hell.* But I knew I couldn't, so I forced myself to restrain my tongue."This place has always been a place of peace for me," she explained softly. "When I was a child, I came here with Ari. We played here, we laughed here, we cried here, and we grew up here. T
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