Gone in the Sea of Faces
As I walked away, I heard Sonia chiding him reproachfully, "Even after all these years, you're still as fierce as ever. You need to learn to be more gentle. Don't scare people into tears, okay?"
Hearing Cesare's gentle response to Sonia broke my heart into a million pieces.
Before Sonia appeared, I could still deceive myself. I could tell myself that Cesare, the most powerful Don in Navarino, was just naturally domineering and unfeeling. I could be satisfied with just knowing that he'd made me his wife.
It was only now that I realized how laughable my assumptions were.
As I tidied up my room, I stuffed my belongings inside a suitcase and dumped it in one of the unoccupied guest bedrooms. It