Episode 1

In Italy, there is a very powerful family, the Cappellaris. Francesco and Flora Rizzo de Cappellari are husband and wife; she, like all women in the mafia world, is married to create partnerships and end wars.

Francesco is a cruel, ruthless man, greatly feared in the underworld. He married his wife for love, but she was in love with another man. This made their marriage difficult, and Francesco had many lovers, including Milena Di Pisa.

Francesco had children with this woman, his young sons, Adrian, Luciano, and a girl named Francesca. He was very happy about that, but then his wife also became pregnant with a girl; now, he had two daughters on the way. While it was true that Flora did not love him at first, she learned to, but her lover was in charge of driving a wedge between them.

The man mistreated and insulted his wife throughout the pregnancy. The fights... no matter what his wife did, he always argued with her.

Flora cried oceans because of her husband's abuse; only for a time, he treated her well and was affectionate with her until his mistress poisoned his soul, and there went the peace of the poor wife.

The months went by, and the woman couldn't take it anymore; the suffering was too great. There was no warm love anymore, only mistreatment and yelling when he arrived drunk.

"Where are you, you filthy bitch, where are you, you wretch, ah... there you are, you and that bastard." He would yell angrily every time he saw her.

"You're drinking again, Francesco, when will you ever stop?" said the woman fearfully.

"Shut up, you filthy bitch; I'm sure that bastard is your lover's daughter, that damn... I know it, I know it all," he said, slapping his wife. The poor woman defended herself, but her heart was poisoned. Her life was a living hell because of Milena, who only wanted to get rid of Flora.

"Enough Francesco, she is our little girl, I would never betray you, please," the poor woman pleaded, but he never believed her, he never did.

The months went by, and she chose to hide when he was drinking. She couldn't talk to her family because he had forbidden it, and seeing that her father did not care about her feelings when he forced her into marriage, she decided to keep quiet.

Flora made many blankets for her little girl and even had a necklace made with her jewels; she ordered a pure gold chain with a locket that had a black diamond in the middle; it was her grandmother's, and she gave it to her, and from then on, she had it made to give to her daughter; it was beautiful.

The poor woman endured neglect and abuse, although sometimes he would give her small moments of affection, crumbs that later cost her more anger; jealousy had driven that man crazy, and he seemed to suffer from bipolarity because of his mood swings.

The pregnancy continued, and the girl was finally born; the baby was identical to her mother. Francesco was happy, and for a few months, he treated his poor wife better. She also let herself be loved and cherished by the man; she forgave him, and for the sake of her daughter, she continued to be affectionate with him, but his other woman had also given birth, and the girl was also identical to her mother, beautiful like her.

The man was happy, not only because his women had given birth but also because they were girls, and in the mafia, that means power, to make deals and use them as bargaining chips.

The wife's happiness did not last long since his mistress managed to continue to poison Francesco's heart.

For seven years, the woman suffered, as always, humiliation and reproach; he also continued to be jealous, and his mistress had sown the seed of doubt in him, although he still loved his daughter. Little Fiorella had won everyone's hearts, although doubt was sown in his heart by that evil woman.

One horrible and tragic night, Francesco arrived home upset after his mistress gave him alleged paternity test results that she had done behind his back, and there was a horrible lie, and that was that the little girl was not his daughter, and he corroborated them days later by ordering new tests with one of his men.

Francesco arrived at his house like a demon and then began to insult his wife.

The man's eyes were red with anger, and he was not thinking straight.

"Flora, where are you, you damn traitor, where are you?" shouted the man.

"What's wrong, honey, why are you like this?" asked the young woman, somewhat frightened.

"You're a damn... you betrayed me; that bastard is not my daughter." He shouted, and she denied it, crying. He threw the tests at her, and she only tried to tell him that it was a lie.

"Honey, please, you have to believe me, do them again; those tests are fake," she cried inconsolably.

"You damn liar." He threw two more tests at her; that evil woman had planned with Francesco's trusted man to manipulate the other two tests he had ordered.

"I love you, and I swear I'm not lying." The man grabbed the woman by the neck and threw her to the ground; the little girl watched everything from the stairs and ran to hug her mother.

"Mommy, don't leave me, Mommy, I love you," said Fiorella.

"My baby, be good and brave, remember that I will always love you, I love you, my girl," she shouted.

The man dragged his wife as she cried, clinging to her daughter, took her out of the mansion and put her in the car.

"My love, please, what are you going to do?"

"Shut up, you wretch, even though she's not my daughter, I'll still raise her to use as a bargaining chip later, but you will pay for your betrayal."

No matter how much she begged, the man did not listen, and then hours later, he arrived at the mansion, all disheveled, where his daughter was crying like crazy for her mother.

"You're mean," shouted the little girl.

"And you're a bastard," he said and went to his office to drink like a wretch.

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