79. Emiliana

"Are you sure about this?" Elena asks for the hundredth time. I nod even though I'm not sure about anything.

"Yes. She needs this and me"

"What about Dante?"

"What about him?"

"Aren't you going to say goodbye to him?"

I think back to this morning when I went to the mansion. I thought he'd be at the penthouse since he told me he went there whenever he wanted to be alone. After Gisella's death, it would be normal if he wanted to stay at the penthouse. But he wasn't there. So I went to the mansion, wanting to talk to him before I left. The house was clean except for the empty liquor bottles lying about in the kitchen. When I went upstairs, I found him in bed. With Talia. The young beautiful housekeeper. My first thought was that he was an asshole. We both lost a parent and instead of comforting each other, he was drinking and fucking the help.

I stormed out of there feeling angry and betrayed. A part of me wanted to burn the house down with them in it. But after driving around