No Roses for the Mafia Wife
He stood, brushing a dry kiss on my forehead—like petting a dog on his way out.
"Sorry I’ve been busy, ‘amore’," he said, the Italian endearment foreign on his lips. "Once this wedding is over, I’ll make it up to you. I promise."
He’d never called me "amore" before. The word felt borrowed, something he’d practiced with her.
Then he was gone.
I walked to the bathroom and scrubbed hard where his lips had touched.
The next morning, I met with a forger in Queens. New passport, new license. "Elena Marino," he suggested. "Common enough. Hard to trace."