From Donna to Doctor: My Second Life Begins
Before I realized it, I’d become the invisible wife standing beside my mafia Don husband, Adrian Kane.
A stay-at-home mom buried in chores while my husband paraded around with his secretary, Viola, ten years younger than me.
“She’s smart,” Adrian said once. “She knows how to help me.”
Tonight marked our tenth anniversary.
I saw an elegant designer dress and a necklace presenting in the living room. For a second, I was happy.
Looks like Adrian finally decided to take me to this year’s annual mafia gathering and introduce me as his Donna.
Turns out the dress and the jewelry was for Viola.
Later that night, I caught Adrian sneaking in with Viola—both drunk, hands all over each other like I didn’t exist.
I just made one phone call. “I will join the Doctors Without Borders program. Send me away.”
Before I married Adrian, I had a future in medicine. But I gave it all up for him.
Now? It was time to choose myself and leave behind everything that was never really mine.