chapter 26

I take another piece of pizza, trying to take in everything that Nate has just shared with me.

There's hundreds of questions swirling in my head. How did Vanessa get involved with drug dealers? How long has she been doing this? Did Damien know about any of it? Does anyone in her life know about this other secret life? Is she really inlove with Leo Giovanni? But most importantly, is her life in danger? Did Leo and Luca threaten Vanessa?

"Your turn." Nate says, dragging me from my thoughts.

"My turn?" I raise an eyebrow.

"The deal, remember?" He says. "I spill about Vanessa. You spill about your strange marriage to Damien Hunt."

"I can't tell you much." I sigh. "But I'll tell you one thing. I'm not inlove with that man. And he's not inlove with me. It has to be the strangest marriage on earth. That's all that I can tell you."

Nate beams as be takes another slice of pizza. There's this strange look of relief after I tell him about my marriage. After that, we eat some more pizza as we tal