“Izvini, kuzen! I’m so sorry, cousin. They picked me up in a bar uptown. They beat me, tortured me. I was so blitzed, I didn’t know what I was saying. I never meant to tell. I should have confessed in the beginning when the mistake was small, when you could have forgiven me. I had no idea what they had planned. I did order the wine, but I swear to God, I didn’t know what it was for… I never thought they would dare…”
