Humility

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>He already took everything from me but now he's back and won't take no for an answer.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In a tale as old as time a mafia princess fell in love with the wrong boy or in my case boys. I am Jasmine Isabella Falcone and I grew up knowing that I needed to be on my guard from the snakes around me. But even knowing that I still fell in love with Angelo Esposito and Dario Lombardi.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Crushed and humiliated I try to move on but some ghosts are harder to shake. Now at twenty-three I am being forced into an arranged marriage where I'll be expected to fulfill my duties as a wife and mother. But I dream of building something different and crave freedom from the shackles of the patriarchy. So I do the only thing I can and run. On my own for the first time on a picturesque country property nestled between Sinhaven and Beastville I try to rebuild my life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But fate proved that just because you run from your past doesn't mean it won't catch up to you.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The fairytales have it wrong. Not every story ends with a knight in shining armor.</span></p>