“Jesus, what have I gotten myself into?” she asks no one in particular. “You’re going to either end up smothered in your sleep or stabbed really violently. I can see it now. The headline on the front page. Girlfriend gets fed up with boyfriend’s over-the-top bossiness and goes nuts. And then, do you know what’ll happen next? I’ll end up with a pair of concrete shoes, because I can’t imagine many people murder the boss of a mafia empire and live to tell the story.”

