Bette a Pasquarello

Tainted Blood Bette a Pasquarello

After opening the Pandora's Box from Luigi, Elisabetta was in shock. There was a birth certificate showing that Elisabetta's loving parents did not belong to her. Confused and heartbroken, she read Luigi's letter. Her life was made up of secrets and lies. Elisabetta's parents were a fifteen-year-old Italian girl who fled Sicily to the United States and died giving Elisabetta life. Her father never knew his daughter existed, but he is a man Elisabetta has known for many years.

After Elisabetta realized her biological father was in line to be the next Don in Sicily, the pieces of the puzzle fell into place. All the training, bookkeeping, and secrecy her "Dad" drilled into her head; the meeting with Pops so many long years ago: it all made sense. Elisabetta's heart was crushed. Why hadn't they told her? Who was she in this more complicated life? Elisabetta's intuitions were screaming to her... this could kill her in more ways than one!