A Heart in Ruins

After years of being quietly pushed aside for her husband Vittorio’s adopted sister Silvia, Sylvia finally files the paperwork to leave for good, choosing a fresh start in Germany over a marriage that stopped belonging to her long ago. The same night, she watches Vittorio confront Silvia at a nightclub over a stranger’s phone number, only for Silvia’s jealous obsession to turn violent and explosive. Before Sylvia can even walk away from the wreckage of their argument, Silvia turns on her instead, ending the chapter with a brutal act that proves just how far she’ll go to keep Vittorio to herself.