Leaving the Don, Crowning Myself
Vincent,the Don of the Mafia,and I had just exchanged our vows in church when he brought home an orphan.
He said it was to repay a life debt.
From that day on,whenever it came to that girl,Lila,I always came second.
Lila framed me.She claimed I forced her to touch drugs.In a fit of rage,Vincent locked me in the Family's underground water dungeon for three full days and nights.
"The freezing water of the dungeon will teach you what mercy means!"
The bone-chilling cold was absolute torture.My heart completely died.I begged him through a high fever and pure despair.
Yet Lila just nestled into his chest,her voice dripping with fake concern.
"Elena is the Donna of the Family,after all.When she suffers,your heart hurts too.I really can't bear to see you like this."
Later,just to coax a smile out of Lila,Vincent publicly handed over my West Coast smuggling docks to her—a clueless little brat who couldn't even read a ledger.
This time,I didn't say a single word.
I simply took off my wedding ring.
A few days later,on the verge of a breakdown over my complete disappearance and tearing the city apart like a madman looking for me,he finally got the news.
I had been accepted into an Ivy League medical research institute,directly joining their highest-level,top-secret,closed-off medical program.
And I was never coming back.
He completely lost his mind.