Dead Women Don't Come Back
Nico lay flushed and sweating on the bed, his breathing uneven.
Roberto sat beside him, unshaven and exhausted, his dress shirt wrinkled beyond repair. When he saw me walk in, something flashed in his eyes. However, the light went out just as fast.
He explained hoarsely, "Nico is genuinely sick. It was selfish to call you here, but I didn't know how else to see you."
Then, without warning, he dropped to one knee. He pulled the emerald ring from his pocket, the one that had once marked me as the Donna of the Bertelli family, and it trembled slightly in his palm.