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She clenched her fists under the sheets. She was really annoyed, but she was also curious as to where he wanted to take her.

She shook her head.

She heard the door close and, seconds later, noticed how someone sat on the edge of the bed and stroked her head above the sheets. He knew that hand and closed his eyes, enjoying his mother's caress.

Katia turned to her mother, put her head on her mother's legs and stared into nothingness.

"You should get out, Katia. If you go on like this…" Alice began to say worriedly.

"But I don't want to go with him, Mom," she interrupted.

"He was the only one who dared to enter your room and the only one who wanted to take you out since... since we buried Adri," she put her hand on his forehead. "If you don't do it for you, do it for him. He wouldn't have liked to see you like this."

"But…"

"No buts. Don't make me make you go," she cut him off with a smile.

Katia snorted.

"Fine, I'll go," she accepted without much encouragement. "But I'm not going to be