Prisoner In The Mafia's Arms
her, his voice gentle
about this. What we had was a mistake, a
yes filled
oved me, that you woul
out a low,
elieve that? Look at yourself and look at your sis
ke slaps. She took a st
're a monster,
closer, his smile n
rd the party, toward Ariadna, "is the best business deal of
atched as he returned to Ariadna, how he kissed her with apparent adoration, h
room. Once inside, she closed the door and c
ury. Books filled the shelves, and the walls were decorated with ph
her thoughts and feelings. While Melina frantically wrote in her room, the party continued. Ariadna and Leonidas were the center of attention, po
ered to her husband,
onversation with a local politici
ewhere, dear. You know
owing inside her. She decided to go up
he folded it and left it on her bed. Then, she took her purse
roar of her car's engine was drowned out by the music and laughter from the party.
into Melina's room. His eyes fell on the letter on the bed. He r
in his pocket. Just as he was about
you doing here?" s
quick to react, s
na to thank her personally for her
head, worry evi
oking for her. Thi
ently guiding Athena out of the room. "Let's go
aimlessly through the city's streets. Her mind wa
e red light. The screech of brakes and the crng tragedy. Ariadna laughed with her friends, Leonidas chatted wit
ng. It was at that moment her phone rang. The color drained from h
aos. In a barely audible whisper, she mana
os dropped his glass, the crystal
ached. "What's going on?" she asked,
ould barely respond. "Your s
ble to process the news. Suddenly, the words she had directed at her sister ec
eved, relieved that the secret of his
n embrace that seemed more like a perfor
y, my love,"
, sobbing uncontrollably. Gu
to say through her tears, "and now I'll
from the initial shoc
party, every
in silence. The hall, once full of life and celeb
ing with silent sobs. Nikolaos remained stan
ll go to the police to get more information.
ined to reach the accident scene before anyone else and en
ality of their loss. Ariadna, looking at her engagement
"do you think Melina kn
g for the first time in a long while the vul
oice breaking, "sisterly love is co
tions, retreated to his study, mut
police were finishing their initial investigation. With his usu
he found nothing. The letter he had taken from Melina's room weighed heavily i
as beginning to set in. Ariadna, sitting on th
as the good one, the kind one. I'm just... this," she gestured
to her daughter,
ble," Athena said, feeling guilt herself for
eing for the first time in years
fter, his face showing a st
ears it was an accident. Melina..." he paused, as if
Nikolaos, who had returned
s said. "You have been a great
onate son-in-law. Internally, however, he was already planning how to use t
vigil. The Kallistos family, each member lost in their own thoughts a