Chapter 73: The New Don

LUCREZIA

It was with a heavy heart when I left the hospital, and it was selfish of me to feel that way. I should be happy that Pietro has already recovered and he suffered no severe effects from what had happened, but why do I feel a sense of loss in me that I couldn't shake away?

I wish him a speedy recovery, but why did leaving the hospital feel like leaving something important behind?

Pietro did not have to tell me anything, but I'm sure he also felt the same way. I noticed how he was strangely quiet in the last days we were in the hospital and how absent-minded he has been.

He must have been thinking about this part of the future, but he did not say anything, just like me. Our unspoken feelings slowly corrupted us and parted us away.

The corners of my lips lifted slightly when I saw that flowers had bloomed in our garden. I did not know that these plants could bloom into flowers. We were gone for two weeks, so I couldn't witness the flowers bloom.

The mansion was left to our hous