Episode: 8
Two nurses mock Aria as she holds her frozen card and weeps in the clinic hallway. With nowhere else to go, she walks through the rain back to Dante's apartment. Inside, Dante confronts her in his bathrobe about Dominic. Aria says nothing, and Dante shakes her until she gags with nausea. Dante then turns to Elena and kisses her right in front of Aria to provoke her.
Two nurses stand in the hallway and make mean comments about Aria arriving in a wedding dress for an abortion. Aria clutches her blocked card in silence and cries, offering no defense against their harsh words.
Aria leaves the building with nowhere left to turn. She wanders through the dark, rainy streets in total despair. Soaked and exhausted, she slowly walks all the way back to the apartment building Dante owns.
Dante demands to know if Aria married him out of love or revenge. When she stays silent, he grabs and shakes her, making her dry-heave. He then pulls Elena into a deep kiss right before Aria's eyes.
“Aria tell me something. Why did you marry me was it love or was it just payback against Dominic?”
“Aria I've done all this to you and you don't even flinch. Why won't you fight back? Why won't you lose your mind like you did when Dominic cheated?”
“Let's see how long you can take it.”
Dante stands in the living room with lipstick smeared across his mouth after kissing Elena in front of his wife. Aria can only weep on the floor, overcome by sickness and emotional shock. How much more torment will Dante inflict before Aria finally breaks or fights back?