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The 99 Replies That Broke Us Chapter 9
Alessandro didn't say anything after that."Tomorrow. Ten a.m. My lawyer's office. We finalize it.""Don't be late."I walked around him and headed for the bus stop.The next day, he showed up right on time.We sat side by side at the long table. We read, we initialed, we signed. Neither of us said a word to the other.Before the last page, the notary asked the question he had to ask."Do you both confirm that the marriage has broken down, with no reasonable chance of reconciliation?"I nodded.Alessandro pressed his lips together. Slowly, he lowered his head."Yes."Twenty minutes later, it was done.I put away my copy and walked out first.He called after me with a bitter little smile."Could I go see Mom... I mean, your mother? Just once? At the cemetery?"I raised a hand and flagged down a cab."No need. But thanks."I was long past needing him.After that, my work and my life slowly found their footing.Serena and Alessandro, though, were still tangled up in each other.After he t
The 99 Replies That Broke Us Chapter 8
Fall came late to Malta.The bougainvillea along the old limestone walls of Valletta was still blooming, a deep, stubborn pink.I liked looking at it. It made the whole city feel like it was still breathing.The family's shipping office sat right above the Grand Harbour.On my first day, my new supervisor flipped through my file and looked up at me, curious."You were at the main office for years. Why put in for a transfer all the way out here?""Something about this place catch your eye?"I thought about it."I guess it's because I don't know anyone here."Streets I didn't know. An accent I didn't know. A city with no Alessandro and no Serena in it.And no lonely grave with my mother's name on it.In a place where nothing was familiar, the old wounds had nothing to echo off of.I didn't want to see anyone from before.But someone from before came to see me anyway.I worked until nine one night. When I walked out of the building, Alessandro was standing under a streetlight."Elena."He
The 99 Replies That Broke Us Chapter 7
Alessandro had no idea how he got out of the hospital.He drove back to the estate in a daze.The light was on in the front hall.His heart skipped. He threw the door open and called out, fast and desperate."Elena!""Alessandro!"The person who threw herself into his arms was Serena.It was like a bucket of ice water dumped over his head. All the hope drained out of him, and the exhaustion came pouring in. He pushed her off and stepped back.Serena bit her lip. Big tears rolled down her cheeks."You don't care about me anymore either?""I had to ride home all by myself. I waited here all by myself. And then I walked in and that creepy picture on the wall scared me half to death."She sniffed, clearly annoyed."Your wife's so mean. Why would she hang something like that up? She just wants to scare me out of the house."Alessandro couldn't listen to another word."Her mother died. Show some respect."Serena blinked. Then she mumbled under her breath."Oh. So she really died? I thought s
The 99 Replies That Broke Us Chapter 6
The woman in the portrait was looking right at him.Alessandro's knees gave out. He went down hard on the marble floor.He stared at the photo. The tears came before he could stop them. It was a long time before his voice worked."Mom."The last bit of hope he had been clinging to was gone.Elena would never joke about her mother.Never.He knelt there and took out his phone with shaking hands. He scrolled all the way back up in her chat.He read it one message at a time.The afternoon she lost the baby.3:07 p.m.[My stomach suddenly really hurts. I don't know why. Can you come home?]3:21 p.m.[I'm bleeding. There's blood on my dress. I'm so scared.][When are you coming back? Why aren't you picking up?]3:46 p.m.[I called 911. I'm in the ambulance. It hurts so much. The baby's going to be okay, right?][I know Serena matters to you. I know. But can you please just come be with me? Please.]The color drained out of his face, inch by inch.He could see it. He could see exactly how sc
The 99 Replies That Broke Us Chapter 5
The plane touched down a little after noon.Serena walked beside Alessandro with her arm hooked through his. She kept digging through the bag of souvenirs she had carried all the way from the Amalfi Coast, smiling so hard her eyes curved into half moons."Do you think she'll like this one?"She held up a little ceramic lemon magnet, painted bright yellow."I picked it out just for her."Alessandro glanced at it."She'll like it."He said it without a second thought.A week ago, the broken picture frame had set Serena off so badly that she ended up on the roof of her building, one step from the edge.After that, he had flown in two specialists for her. They both said the same thing. Get her away from everything familiar for a while. Let her calm down.So he took her to the coast.Positano. Ravello. A boat to Capri. A sunset over the cliffs.Serena posted every single stop.For those seven days, he never once saw Elena.He never even opened her chat.Part of it was that he was busy.Part
The 99 Replies That Broke Us Chapter 4
Not long after, my phone rang.It was St. Mary's Hospital."Your mother just had a severe heart attack. We're working on her now. Please get here as soon as you can!"My head started ringing. I grabbed my coat and ran.When I got to the hospital, the red light above the emergency operating room was still on.I ran to the nurses' station and grabbed the nurse on duty by the hand."Dr. Graham from cardiology is doing my mother's surgery, right?""I booked him ahead of time. He knows her condition better than anyone!"The nurse looked uncomfortable. She hesitated for a long moment before she spoke."Dr. Graham was called away about twenty minutes ago."I froze."Called away? My mother's in surgery right now. How could he leave?""A psychiatric patient had a severe emotional crisis. The family insisted that Dr. Graham go.""The hospital... couldn't really say no."The nurse lowered her voice and glanced down the hall."The patient's connected to the Vittore family. The family has a lot of
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