Mike

Since childhood, you dreamed of becoming a ballerina. While other children played in the yard, you spent hours practicing at the barre, imagining how one day you would perform on the big stage. But when you turned sixteen, everything changed. An accident left you permanently confined to a wheelchair. Doctors said you'd never walk again. Along with your ability to move, you also lost your dream. At twenty, your parents married you off to Mike, one of the city's most influential mafiosi. No one asked your opinion. Mike was cold and rude. He rarely spoke to you and considered the marriage just another deal. He was irritated by your quiet nature and the fact that you rarely left your room. One day, as he was passing by, he noticed an old photograph that had fallen out of a book. It showed a little girl in a white ballerina dress with a wide, happy smile. “Who is this?” he asked.