Today is the ball day. Today is the day when Domenico celebrates his vengeance and the day when I go to an event like this without my father.

It is not just any event. There are going to be people from the world of art, science, famous lawyers, businessmen, politicians and of course the mafia bosses.

There are going to be the most important and dangerous mafia heads from the bosses in Italy to the mafia families in the U.S like the boss of the five mafia families in New York or the mafia boss in New Orleans. These are people I don't know, or at least I don't remember. I must have been very young since the last time I saw some of them. There are others I don't know at all.

Considering the fact that my father was one of the most honored man in the mafia business and the person who literally owned Sicily and had control almost everywhere in Italy, a lot of people were coming to see what is going to happen now that he is gone. Will things be in balance and is the business still as strong as it was when my father was running it?

You see every zone in the mafia business is important. If one loses her power even the others have problems, so this is important for all the mafia heads.

But there are others things that worry me even more. Things that have to do with Domenico. I wonder myself what is he planing.

Well one thing is for sure; I will not know what is he up to until the ball..

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Is now 8:45PM I have to get ready.

First, I apply my make up, than I continue with my dark smokey eye, eyeliner and after that apply some mascara. For lipstick I choose a nude color and I let my hair wavy just the way it is.

Now for the dress I pick my black strapless mermaid dress with a lace tail. Yes, black because I am still mourning my father's death.

It's jewelry time. I open the first jewelry drawer and I pick a pair of diamond teary earrings, a Tiffany & Co silver bracelet and the Berricle Saphire ring my father gave me on my 18-th birthday. I put on my Saint Laurent black pumps and look at the watch. It's 10:05PM I'm already late. And no I'm not the kind of person who does that 'fashionably late' kind of thing, I am always very punctual, but tonight, tonight I feel like a lot of things are going to be different.

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I stand on top of the stairs. I can listen Sam Smith song "Writings on the wall" being played, well only the instrumental of it. As I come downstairs I can feel the attention on me, I can listen the comments like:"she is so beautiful" or "she doesn't look that good", but I never cared about what people say, after all I don't live for them, but for myself.

In a moment my eyes encounter with a pair of familiar ones. They were cold and lifeless, but as soon as they saw me they felt different. Their pupils became larger is like they were... amazed. Or he was probably faking it, after all he was capable of anything, this is nothing to him. But he looked very handsome in the black and white suit, almost like he wasn't even real.. Okay Dianora stop thinking about him.

I put my arm in his as we walk through the salon welcoming all the guests.

One hour has passed and nothing has happened, I haven't seen any of the mafia bosses and Domenico hasn't done anything yet. Well speaking of the devil...

He is now standing in the middle of the salon ready to say something.

"Good evening everyone! First I'd like to thank you for coming tonight, I hope you are having a good time."-he says and I can see most of the women and girls giggling and looking at him like he was some sort of angel. Pathetic! How can girls be so stupid sometimes? Well I can't actually blame them, he has looks and he certainly knows how to use them.

"Now I'd like to make an announcement: Me and Miss Dianora are in love with each other and we are making our relationship official in this ball. We belong to one another and this is how is going to be. Amore mio vieni qui!" (My love come here)

In that moment my world stops. My blood freezes and my body with it. WHAT? How could he? He? Me? Love? What kind of a game is this? After he takes everything from me he did this too? Ou he has some explaining to do before I say something I may regret.

I walk towards him and he takes my hand. I fake a smile to the guests and pretend to kiss Domenico in the cheek before I speak in his ear:"-You are going to regret this. How could you do it without even asking me?"

He turns his head to the other cheek and says"-Don't worry principessa it's not real. Now let's not make our guests suspicious we'll talk about this later."