Chapter 72

A decision that can change everything. The fear of being wrong, of everything going wrong.

I have spent all these days since Eva's call, thinking and analyzing. There was the logical and viable option, to stay here, in my safe place.

Deciding between living in peace without her memory, or deciding between going, taking a risk and living my dream, the dream I could never make come true.

It's hard when the fear of losing yourself again seems to take over. But it's worse to think about the idea of never being able to do the things you always wanted to do, and having to live in dissatisfaction because of how much you limited yourself.

My mother tried to change my mind, but I didn't give in, my mind was made up: I'm going back to Italy.

"Passengers we have successfully landed at Florence Airport," I hear someone say once the plane has touched the runway and after unbuckling my seatbelt and grabbing my hand luggage, I make my way to the plane's exit.

I remember the reasons that forced me to