Chapter 32

Emiliana

After the earlier phone call with Luciano, I had no energy to face the outside world, let alone jump in the shower. All I wanted was to go back to bed. The constant anxiety blended with frustration and exhaustion was beginning to make me sick and I couldn’t afford that at this point.

I had dropped Oli a message asking to cancel on the off chance I could repair some of my disturbed sleep but he insisted on coming over and bringing lunch with him.

“I can’t believe you!” Oli slammed his mug down on the table. “Hooking up with…” He glanced behind him, checking he wasn’t being listened to before mouthing “the help.”

“Oli, he isn’t ‘the help’.” I shook my head. I h