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2025-03-08 02:00:56Michael, or rather Derek, arrived at the wedding accompanied by a tall African-American woman with wavy hair and an elegant bearing, who could match the detective's tuxedo.
- Remember: we are a couple without children, we lived in Naples until recently when we bought a house here in Florence. - He went over the alibi with his partner. She nodded, delighted to attend a high-class event for which she would be paid the not inconsiderable sum of thirty thousand euros. - Try not to talk to anyone and if you have to, say little. You can say that you don't yet master the language.
-Understood. If you'd like, I could give you a hand with the whole investigation. - Karla offered.
-It's better not. Just do what I tell you and try to go unnoticed, we'll see each other later.
Each went their separate ways. Michael set out to talk to some of the guests who seemed more receptive to talking to a stranger. His intention was to find out more about the bride. What he had r
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The guests were beginning to lose patience. It was almost an hour after the ceremony had started and the bride had not appeared. Ciro was so worried that he personally went up to find out what the problem was. He was not pleased to find out that his fiancée refused to leave the suite.-My dear, what's going on? -Ciro asked, knocking on the door, a bundle of nerves. He didn't care so much about the wedding, he just wanted to know if his beloved was okay, but there was no answer. He turned around to look for the bridesmaid. -What happened?-I don't know. I was with her until Caitlin arrived, so I decided to give them privacy. Then I came back and neither of them was there, after a while Bethany appeared in a flood of tears and when I tried to try to comfort her; to find out what was wrong, she pushed me out. - Ciro had barely waited for Lorient to give his explanations when he had already turned towards Caitlin. He grabbed her roughly by the arm and took her to a
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The wedding march began to play and, as tradition dictates, the guests stood up to see the arrival of the long-awaited star. Slowly, she appeared down the aisle strewn with red petals.The bride looked closely at her fiancé, standing at the end of the aisle. She felt trapped by fate, unable to decide. Her feet felt heavy as if they were tied to a huge ball of cement. Running away was not an option. Meanwhile, her mind repeated over and over again, in the smallest detail, Brahim and Ciro's conversation. Her skin crawled and her eyes filled with tears. The uninitiated believed it was a product of emotion, so they put their hands on their hearts, moved.Red gave her a kiss on the forehead before leaving her at the altar in the hands of Ciro Tonali. Bethany's heart threatened to burst out of her chest from how fast it was beating. The groom could see her anguish. He tried to take her hand to reassure her, but she rejected him without dissimulation and clung to the b
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"A pair of black orbs staring at her in solemn darkness and hands squeezing her thin neck." This had been a recurring nightmare that had disturbed Bethany in her first days after awakening from her coma. She always believed it was a product of her fanciful subconscious, relegating her importance. Of course she was going to believe it like that, there was no point in giving her another explanation.A flight attendant arrived to draw her out of her thoughts. She offered her a Margarita, which Bethany accepted without a second thought.-It's the third one already. - The Italian observed.They were hundreds of meters above the ground, aboard Ciro's private plane; he was heading to his honeymoon. Bethany didn't say or do anything, she just drank her glass of liquor, losing herself in the white blanket of clouds they flew over.-Do you want to talk to me about what's happening to you? - Ciro insisted for the umpteenth time that day, tired of feeling so
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-My dear, are you okay? - her husband asked, bringing her out of her fleeting moment of coherence.Bethany turned around to find Ciro, who for the first time since she woke up from her coma looked like a familiar face. She was starting to remember him.-Yes, I'm fine. -Ciro took her hands, shyly. He felt good about not being rejected. -It's a very nice hotel.-I met you here, so yes. It's the most beautiful hotel in the world. -He said without looking anywhere but his brown eyes.-Let's go to the room. -Bethany asked, breaking free from her husband.They followed the bellboy in charge of their luggage to the elevator and then to the room whose door had the number 25 engraved on it."Is this the same room you booked that day?" Bethany asked as she entered the room, feeling overwhelmed again by the feeling of having been in that place.Ciro waited to say goodbye to the bellboy after rewarding him before responding.-I was staying two floors up, this is the room you booked. You brought m
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Incessant whispers frightened Bethany's good sleep as she woke up alone in bed, still in the hotel room. The little voices were still there, with the occasional laugh that crept in. The woman felt anxious about going out to discover the origin of the whispers, so she got out of bed and walked outside the bedroom. The lights were dimly on.She was greatly surprised when she noticed Brahim standing on the balcony, talking happily with Ciro. Nearby, the whispers were turning into clear voices. She hid behind the thick curtains to listen.-I'm lucky to have her in my life and that she loves me so much. - Said the older brother.-The lucky one is her, because the destiny that awaits her is the same, if not similar, to that of Anne.-Get those ideas out of your head. Bethany is not like her and now that we are married I will not let her go for anything in the world.-Brother, I can promise you that I will take his life the same day he dares to leave you.
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