"Because right now, if I don't talk, it'll be like I'm betraying Matteo. But if I do talk, you'll show him that picture. And something else—I saw the look in your eyes when you grinned. It was evil. A very, very evil look.
"And that look told me you really were going to show him,"** Lorenzo said.
**"Yes, I was planning to show him. So you understand your place now. You work for me.
"You're going to tell me something. What job did you assign to Jerry?"** Luna asked.
**"Not again… You keep asking these questions. Fine, I'll tell you.
"The Yakuza has been making moves, trying to stir up trouble in the underworld. At first, we thought they were the ones following us that day.
"So now, we have to take out this guy.
"You've already seen his file, haven't you?"** Lorenzo stretched the file toward her.
"Yes, I saw it when I was going through the desk," Luna said.
**"That's the guy Jerry is going to kill to prove himself. But it won't be easy for him.
"Still, I think Jerry can pull it off,"** Lorenzo said.
"Is there anything else you want to know?" he asked as he walked back and sat in a chair.
"Tell me… does my husband have any other woman? Because I know he's deep in the underworld, and he's not exactly living a good life. So, does he have someone else?" Luna asked.
"No. He would never cheat on you.
"He truly loves you. And even I know that. But you already know that too, don't you? You're just asking out of curiosity.
"That's all I'm going to say," Lorenzo replied.
"Yeah, I know that. I know he loves me," Luna said as she picked up another file, flipping through it.
"No, no, no, no, no. Stop searching through the file. Keep it. You already know enough," Lorenzo said.
"Just shut up. Don't question what I'm doing. I told you I'm going to look through this. Now I'm going to… Don't question me. Do you understand? Let me just find what I want to find. It's not like I know enough—I still want to know more," Luna said.
**"Before… I knew… I'm going to tell you. Before I knew Matteo—your husband—I was living a very nasty life. I was poor.
"We started from the streets. Your husband also started from the streets. We were both from the streets.
"He was an orphan. Your husband was an orphan. And he was in the Mafia. He took me in. At a certain time, he took me in and trained me as an assassin because he was a pawn for the Mafia. The Mafia was controlling him at the time.
"He was brutal. He didn't hesitate to kill. He was a maniac. Even before I met him. And even after I met him, he was still very, very, very good with guns. And not just with guns—his fists, too.
"You need to understand the kind of man you married. You married a warrior.
"And you shouldn't question whether he loves you or not. Or if he's seeing another woman. You shouldn't even think about that.
"Even if he was… do you think he would leave you for that reason? No, he wouldn't.
"Because he truly loves you with all his heart. And I can assure you of that.
"And you already know it yourself,"** Lorenzo said as he stood up from the chair and walked toward Luna, trying to take the file from her hands.
"Yes, I understand what you're trying to say. But let go of the file," Luna said, pulling it away as Lorenzo tried to grab it.
She opened the file.
Inside was a picture of a dead body.
The moment she saw it, she immediately threw it to the ground, stepping back in shock.
Her breathing turned fast, heavy. Her hands shook as her mind processed what she had just seen.
"A… dead body?" Luna whispered. "Why would they take a picture of a dead body?"
**"I told you not to open it. I told you to give it to me. I tried to take it from your hands, but you didn't listen. Now you've seen it.
"Fine. At least now you understand,"** Lorenzo said.
"Why didn't you tell me it was pictures of a dead body?" Luna asked.
**"Even if I did, would it have changed anything?
"You still don't understand the situation you're in.
"You're trying to learn about the Mafia, yet you're scared of a picture of a dead body? How are you going to survive?
"You want to dig into this world, to question your husband?
"You haven't even seen him kill someone.
"He doesn't kill as much now. He only kills when he needs to. He makes sure someone else does the job for him.
"But if just a picture of a dead body is enough to shake you like this… what will you do when you see it happen in real life?
"You don't know when you are trying to uncover secrets about Mafia,"** Lorenzo said.