Burned Out of the Moretti Name

"Everyone in southern Italy knew that Lorenzo Moretti loved me like a madman.And yet he had been keeping a much younger woman in Naples. They said she looked just like I had years ago. He told people she was only a reminder of the woman he had once loved most.He also gave strict orders that no one was to let me hear about her.Until the day I found out I was pregnant.I went to his office to tell him the news myself, only to stop outside the door when I heard a young woman’s voice from inside.“Lorenzo… am I only here because I remind you of her?”The door was slightly ajar. Through the gap, I saw a young woman who looked too much like me, wrapped in his jacket and holding his glass.I stood there, barely breathing.Then I heard him answer.“Don’t compare yourself to her.”“She could never be what you are.”I turned and walked away without making a sound.That night, I called my mother.“Mother, I’ve made up my mind.”She was silent for a moment. “I want a fire,” I said. “Something no one survives. By the time it’s over, Sophia Moretti needs to be dead to the world.”"