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Chapter 82

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𝘼𝙇𝙀𝙍𝘼

For a moment, I think I’m still dreaming. My body is back to feeling weightless so when I hear his voice, I almost laugh. It has to be another dream. Delirium from too much… from too much pleasure? I don't know.

But then it registers and my eyes snap open. Pushing up on my elbows, I turn to glare down at him in disbelief. “What? Why?”

Dante lies sprawled beside me like a man who has all the time in the world, one arm tucked lazily beneath his head, with the sheets tangled low around his hips. His eyes are heavy lidded, watching me with that unreadable darkness that always makes me feel like he sees too much.

“Mama is getting worse,” he finally says. “Rina called weeks ago to let me know, so I went back to see for myself. She might be leaving sooner than expected.”

The words land like stones in my chest. The faint rasp of sadness in his voice makes it worse. He doesn’t show cracks often, in fact he never does but hearing that tremor makes guilt flood me instantly.

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