Rosalia believed Vito loved her. To pay for her mother's treatment and protect her brother's job, she endured being “lent” to his friends and clients, humiliated and abused—while Vito secretly romanced Rita Norris. At Christmas, he forces Rosalia to pose as the fiancée of feared mafia boss Dominick Scarlatti. But Dominick sees her pain and unexpectedly proposes for real. As Rosalia finally escapes Vito's control, he learns too late that the woman he took for granted is gone.
