*Caterina*
I clutched my arms close to my chest and bit my lip in ongoing worry as I watched Elio back out of the driveway.
Today was perfect, I thought.
Well, at least it ‘was’ perfect until Elio received that strange call from Alessandro. I could tell from the faraway look in his eyes that it was something unexpected, but it still needed to be dealt with.
I’d seen some of the most incredible pieces of art today with him. No one has ever gone out of their way like that to make a whole day geared around my interests. And from the looks of things, I was fairly certain that Elio had enjoyed the day too.
Then again, I had just watched his leisurely expression change to something resembling hardened bitterness. His mood had taken a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn around the moment Alessandro’s name popped up on the screen of his car dash.
