“So, tell me—what do you think?” I asked the girls as they all stared down at their plates. “I think we can all agree that you really can’t cook.” Luna spat out the food back onto her plate with a dirty look on her face.“My God, I’m hopeless.” I sighed and slammed my head against the table. “I can’
“Aren’t you going to introduce me to your two friends?” He looked at Faith and Olivia. That’s right, they hadn’t officially met yet.“This is my...dad.” I hesitated to let out the last word. Calling him by his name had become something usual to me, but there was no other way to introduce him. The pr
He had already made so much progress. The walls were painted in the glitter paint I wanted and the room was filled with furniture. “I even organized her closet.” He spoke with a proud look on his face. It had turned out he had bought even more stuff. There were probably enough diapers to last for at
“Do you feel accomplished by embarrassing me?” I turned around and asked Luna.“Yes.” She smiled back. It was evening and Christian and Matteo had already left. While Olivia was helping Faith with her school assignment, Luna and I were watching a movie.“Aren’t you scared?” She suddenly asked. “Scar
“Yes, thank you.” I smiled at her. Over the past weeks, I had made a pact with myself to not let others see my sadness or my tears, so I hid them. In the past, I tended to be an overdramatic immature brat, but so much had changed.I would often rethink the past and how much different it could’ve bee
“Luis!” I whispered as I walked into the completely dark warehouse.Escaping the house was not as hard as I thought it would be because the security was not as tight in the afternoon. Leaving through the garden door which led straight to the path which led to the subway was a piece of cake, but just
“No...Vincenzo wouldn’t let him.” Luis spoke. It had suddenly occurred to me that the reason why Vincenzo seemed so worried about losing Luis had to do with a combination of both. Fear and love.“Luis...where is your mom?” I wondered and observed the sad expression on his face. In the time we had sp
Christian“So then it’s settled, we’ll deal with Fabio one week from now,” Christian confirmed and looked at everyone around the table.There had been a delay in the plans—but in the end, all the families agreed that Fabio Garcia was a danger and had to be put down.“How can we sit here and plan our