“If you break her heart, you’ll regret it,” she says. I give that comment the respect it deserves because it doesn’t matter how old I am, how dangerous my gaze or my venom can be, I know that Mrs. Rivera will make good on that promise. “I can’t control if Emilia gets emotionally hurt in all of this.” I start to gesture with a skewer of meat but think better of it. “There are too many factors, and her feelings are her own. I can say that breaking her heart is the furthest thing from what I want.”
