FORCED MARRIAGE:
The Italian Mafia's Obsession
He stared at me, devoured me, carved every centimeter of my face as if I were a masterpiece he'd just purchased.
"Do you, Camila López, take Luca Vitale as your husband, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"
I was silent.
The entire church fell quiet.
In the front row, my father looked down. Beside him, Sofia was crying again. My stepmother clasped her own hands so tightly.
I stared at Luca.
His blue eyes didn't blink.
"I do," I said.
Two words that came out of my mouth like a stranger's voice. Like an actress reading a script she didn't like.