This was the final straw as Aurora dropped to the floor, with the letter still in her hands. She could almost scream so loud that everyone in the entire mansion would hear her. Tears ran down her face as she realized that Signora Meta was right, people like the Russo’s were not to be trusted at any cost.

“You see what I meant my dear?” Signora Meta asked Aurora, saddened to see the young woman that she had raised as though she was her own daughter broken.

“How could they do this to me?” Aurora asked, shocked as she was trying to come to terms with what she had just...