I swallowed down a lump in my throat, quivering.
"S – so if he l – laundered your money, t – then where do I come into t – this?" I stammered shakily, doing my best to keep myself together, even though it was proving to be more and more difficult.
"Money on its own wasn't enough to keep his life," Marcello scoffed. "We made an agreement upon something else. A little incentive, shall I say... To make the wait worthwhile."
I quivered about my spot, hardly able to keep myself upright.
"And w – what was that incentive?" I trembled, my eyes fogging with tears.
"That he would give me his daughter... As soon as she was old enough."
And as these words rolled off of Marcello's tongue...
I let out a blood-curdling scream.
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