Love Is Wrong, Only Letting Go Is Right

For five years, Bianca has been married to Dante, a man who leaves their bed to apologize to his "one true love," Viviana. At a family gathering, Dante arrives holding Viviana's hand and publicly forces Bianca to take a contraceptive pill. That is the breaking point. Bianca, long the dutiful daughter-in-law of the Luciano family, finally speaks: she wants a divorce.

Her mother-in-law slaps Dante and orders him upstairs with Bianca to make a baby, but Bianca refuses to let him touch her. Instead she hands him severance papers. Dante will not sign. He insists he has always treated Viviana like a Blackwood, then admits he loves her, calling Bianca an outdated girl from the old neighborhood. He believes the divorce is a scheme to trap him into fatherhood.

Then Dante posts a photograph of himself and Viviana together, and calls Bianca to promise the Luciano heir will arrive next year, just not from her. Outside the arbitration chamber on Mulberry Street, Bianca waits three hours. Dante arrives at last, Viviana at his side.