HER FATHER PUSHED HER INTO THE FOUNTAIN AT HER SISTER’S WEDDING—THEN HER SECRET HUSBAND WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR

her moment.

“I’ve gone too far?” Mariana asked.

“You embarrassed this family.”

“You pushed me into a fountain in front of two hundred people.”

“You provoked me.”

Beatrice whispered, “Mariana, please. Your father made a mistake.”

Mariana turned to her. “No. A mistake is spilling wine. A mistake is forgetting a name. Putting both hands on your daughter and continue reading …