Chapter 20: Feelings

CHIARA P.O.V.

While we are in the garden of the house, watering the plants, I feel the cool breeze caressing my face and I watch Bruno who is planting pumpkin seeds. The last few days I have felt closer and closer to Bruno, it has not been difficult. He is a funny and calm man, with whom it is easy to feel comfortable. Through our sign language, we have established a special connection, a complicity that comforts me. He reminds me of my father, every day since he arrived, he has invited me to the orchard and it is one of my favorite moments of the day, when I don't have to talk to anyone because Bruno doesn't force a conversation.

However, my gaze drifts to Katharina, who is engaged in an animated conversation with Constanz, Bruno's niece. I can't help but feel some discomfort in her presence. Although Constanz has tried to get closer to me, I feel that her interest is not genuine, but rather a mere professional curiosity. I trust Magda more than anyone, and I know that when she tells