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"Excuse me," Priya said pleasantly. "I think my colleague, Marcus may have checked in under a different name. Could I..actually, you know what, I'll just head up. He mentioned the third floor or somethimg like that."
"Of course," the receptionist said, already looking b
The place Jane picked was a private members' club on the outskirts of the city — quiet, expensive, the kind of place where nobody asked questions because everyone there had something to hide.Daniel arrived first.He sat at a corner table with a glass of water he didn't touch and watched the door.Jane arrived ten minutes late. She sat down across from him without ceremony and looked at him for a moment before she spoke."You look terrible," she said."Thank you.""I mean it kindly.""I know." He looked at his water. "Let's just get to it."She leaned back. "All right. Get to it.""I want Aidan gone," he said. "Out of Milan. Out of her life. I don't care how.""That's not a plan. That's a wish.""I know it's not a plan." His jaw tightened. "That's why I called you."Jane studied him for a moment. Something in her expression shifted — less performance, more calculation."What are you actually w
She turned toward the front desk, Tte receptionist looked up."Excuse me," Priya said pleasantly. "I think my colleague, Marcus may have checked in under a different name. Could I..actually, you know what, I'll just head up. He mentioned the third floor or somethimg like that.""Of course," the receptionist said, already looking back at her screen.Then her brain caught up with her feet and she moved. She could not use the elevator, she had to use to stairs.Priya ran up the stairs. She checked second floor.Nothing.Third floor, still nothing. No sign of Marcus coming out from the elevator.She checked the next floor. By the fifth floor, she stopped.Marcus was gone, she had lost him,"Damn it," she muttered under her breath.But she
Leon finished his ice cream before either of them had eaten half of theirs.He looked at the empty cup, then looked at Evelyn's, then at Aidan's."Can we go to the beach?" he said."Absolutely not, baby" Evelyn said."Please Mummy.""Leon, behave–""We're already out," Aidan chimed in,Evelyn turned and looked at him."People will see us," she said."See us doing what? Having at a beach?""Together," she said. "People will see us together and they will–""Want me to rent the whole beach? Make it private?" he said.She gave him a look. "No," she said flatly."Please, Mommy? I even have some money to help rent it."Aidan laughed.The sound caught Evelyn off guard. She looked at him without meaning to.
It was Leon's idea to go shopping this morning.He had woken up at 7 today and it surprised Evelyn, he normally slept till 8 on Saturdays."Mommy, can we go out?" he said at breakfast.Evelyn's face lit up. "Where?""I don't know.""You have to know, Leon.""I want new LEGO toys, we can go look at them" he clarified. "And maybe buy.""Maybe buy," she chuckled."I said maybe." Leon's tiny voice sounded.She looked at him over her coffee. He looked back with this cute expression on his face"Not maybe, I'll get them for you. You know i'd do anything for you right? So go get dressed," she said.He was gone before she finished the sentence.********
Daniel needed a break to think. It was 8am and he had come to the cafe. He tried to wrap his head around the fact that Evelyn rejected him.He turned toward the corner table and that's when he saw her. Jane.He stopped.Jane looked up from her phone and met his eyes and she smiled like she had no idea she would meet him there…at his favorite spot.Daniel looked at her for a moment and walked there to go sit down. She had once interrupted him anyways, so he might as well return the favor.And besides that, it was his favorite café and he was not going to stand at the counter and drink his coffee just because she had decided to appear again."You need to stop following me," he said in a
The call connected after the second ring."Aidan?" his mother's voice came through warmly. "This is unexpected."Aidan leaned back in his office chair. "Hi, Mum.""You sound tired.""I've been busy." Aidan replied."When are you coming home?" she asked.Aidan hesitated. "Soon, I think," he said."Oh." Her voice changed immediately. "How soon?""Two weeks, maybe. Give or take." The excitement in her voice was immediate."Oh, that's wonderful, Aidan. It's been weeks. Your father will be happy too, even if he pretends otherwise."A small smile tugged at Aidan's lips.







