ROSE I wake up after a night with the most strange dreams and a feeling as if someone was keeping an eye on me. I try to shake the feeling off by saying it is just because I know I’m going into the other territory today, and I go to get my stuff ready. After getting dressed, I grab my stuff and th
ROSE I am so tired. It is slowly getting dark, and I have walked for about fifteen hours today. I hope Santo Stefano isn’t far away anymore. All day long, I’ve felt the pull line if whatever or whoever it is is following me, but I never see anyone. Suddenly, I saw a light in the distance in front
ENZO “You have been following me?” she says, and it sounds like a question, but I am pretty sure it’s not. “I needed to be sure you were safe,” I say. “Why did you hide?.” She asks but sounds like she is afraid of what I will answer “I am not sure, and I was a little afraid. You are a Princess,
ROSE When I come out of the bathroom I get a shock, because Lorenzo is sitting on the bed, and I have only a towel around me. “Shit, sorry. I should have let you know I was here.” He says, and right away, he looks at the floor. “It is okay, you didn’t know that I didn’t bring my clothes out here
ROSE We lay here for what feels like hours. None of us are saying anything; we just lay here looking at each other. But den, he smiled and moved a little so he could better look at me. “You want to live in America with your family.” He says this not as a question but as a statement “I do. Sorry.”
ROSE We have been walking for the past four to five hours, and we have used the time to get to know each other. Like me, Enzo likes music and also just sometimes a quiet place with a good book. We continued our talk, but Enzi suddenly pulled me to the side of the road, into the high grass, and moti
ROSE When we get to Fonteblanda, it is dark and late, and everything is closed for the night, so Enzo finds an old shed that looks abandoned. “I am afraid this is what we will find tonight,” Enzo says with regret in his eyes, and I caress his face. “This will do. It is only for a few hours,” I te
ENZO When we stepped over the border, I started to relax. Being in Alpha Carlos territory always made my skin crawl. Especially when I learned who my birth parents were, yes the people I told were my parents was not really that. After I got older I was given a key to a safety box, where I found doc