Reneemoon
After five years by Leonardo Rizzo's side through bloodshed and gunfire, I had finally made it to our wedding day.
In those five years, my surgical skill had earned me a reputation throughout Chicago. I had saved Leonardo more times than I could count.
But as I stood at the altar in my wedding dress, he walked straight past me and slipped my ring onto his adopted sister Julia Rizzo's finger.
My whole body went rigid.
Leonardo looked back at me. There was a hint of apology in his voice, but he made no move to take back the ring. "Baby, when Julia and I were children, I promised she'd be my bride at my first wedding. As the Don of the Rizzo family, I can't break a promise. You'll understand, won't you?"
Julia smiled and chimed in, "Sofia, we made this promise ten years before you came into his life. Every elder in the family witnessed it. Besides, this is Leonardo's first wedding. He needs a practice run. I'm just helping him rehearse. You understand, don't you?"
They exchanged a smile.
Suddenly, everything I'd fought for these past five years meant nothing.
I tore off my veil and stepped down from the altar.
If I had never been his first choice, then I was done with him for good.