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parents' deaths. Teresa tells him to let go of the past and reveals that she is his biological mother. This also means that he and Rita are not half-siblings like they had been led to believe all of their lives. Angered, Vittorio drives away and ends up critically injured in an accident. He wakes up in the hospital and accepts Teresa as his mother.
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Rita meets with her father, but the meeting does not go well. Upset and confused, Rita returns home and sleeps with
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