

As a result, she ran away in search of a carnival in mid-winter, not knowing it would be closed, where she met an attractive man whose name she didn't know. A few years after graduating, Elena started going through a period of dislike for her current life, afraid that she'd be married off to Oscar Perez.

She spent her time at a dance studio, even though she felt like she outgrew her passion. Įlena attended an all-girls Catholic school her whole life and did not pursue a college education once she graduated. Elena and her family live in a "classy, spacious community" in Long Island, New York. She is the younger sister of Tony and the elder sister of Adriana. " As much as I loved the freedoms such a liberal world provided for others, my heart bled for the Cosa Nostra, for everything romantic, and for the structured walls of tradition." - Elena Abelli, chapter 44 of The Sweetest OblivionĮlena Russo (née Abelli) is an Italian-American woman, daughter of Salvatore, a "high-profile boss of one of the biggest organized crime syndicates in the United States," and Celia Abelli.
