The last guests of the Vittorio Bellini Foundation's opening afternoon had finally drifted out through the villa's iron gates, and the long reception hall still smelled of lilies and fresh paint. Elena stood alone at the head of the table where the founding charter lay open, one page left to sign. The foundation would run a sanctuary in Newark for women leaving violent marriages, with its own lawyers, its own…
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