Too Late: The Innocent Traitor I Destroyed
a tunnel of opulence, lined with silk wallpap
ester of a cheap server's uniform, my back pressed agai
performanc
shut, but I could
clink of a belt buckle hitting the hardwood floor. Then
hen,
sh, but the deep timbre of it vibrated through the so
ek until the metallic tang
as my
other, Lucrezia, to bury the uglier truth-that she had taken her own life following a sordid af
the crack in the door
ante..
throat. I slid down the wall until I hit
d the agony in my chest. I focused on the physical torment. It was easie
damask pattern
two,
two,
t, guarding their intimac
tepped out first, fully dressed in a charcoal suit. He looked immaculate, untouc
e, looking flushed and thoroughly sat
here?" She tilted her h
at her. His cold g
ed, his voice void of em
ast him into the room. The scent of sex and his sand
the ro
ollably as I bundled the fine Egyptian cotto
k, the torment
but as a silent shadow. I stood behind his chair while he ate. W
essing the table while gesturing to me. "Yo
after glass of
. Nausea rolled over me in waves, and my vision
ther dollar added
Sofia's bi
ding Sofia's clutch while she greeted the guests. She wore a gown of deep e
ized it
in her notebook years ago. She had dra
he ambient light. "Do you like it, E
" I said, my voi
hey passed us, their
e matricide. How does
mind him of the hat
uld be gone soon enough. The cancer was devo
r was black and still, a mirror reflecting the cold moon. Sofia
you, don't you?" she hissed, s
hates me," I
ks at you with so much anger it burns
d not
ng on her finger. It was a ma
ed to be the perfect little Vitiello bride. An
ned. "Yo
pills in your bag. Painkillers. Strong ones. You'r
the ring of
ver the dark water. "But I know it was me
toss
second-a falling star-before it vanished into
" she
na. Prove you k