Prologue~

Mia

This time of year, a sea of green surrounded my parents’ mansion tucked away in the Ozark Mountains. High above, the sun shone in a beautiful sapphire-blue sky. Workers milled about in preparation for my brother Dario’s wedding. As a means of an escape from the hubbub or perhaps hoping to avoid the bride’s incoming family, my cousin Giorgia and I lay by the pool, enjoying the solitude out of the way of the chaos.

Giorgia lay on her ...