A Reckoning in Blood
The ninth time I tried to divorce my husband, Don Louis Romano, my best friend Jenny Parker, who had always talked me out of it, handed me the papers herself.
Every time before, she'd done everything in her power to stop me. She'd even taken over the Family's day-to-day affairs just to create chances for us to see each other and reconcile.
I took the papers and couldn't help but ask.
Years of pent-up exhaustion showed in Jenny's eyes, and to my shock, her voice was edged with resentment.
"You got Vivian shot this time. She nearly didn't make it. How long are you going to keep this up?!"
Vivian Hale was the woman Louis had been seeing.
I stared at her in disbelief.
"Vivian's had a hard life.