Raffaele POVShe came to me late, not angry this time, just there, and I heard the door open before I saw her because I wasn't sleeping, I was lying in the dark with my eyes open thinking about her, thinking about the way she had looked at me across the table when she asked if I was afraid, thinking about the way she had said I'm not promising to make it easy like she was giving me a gift and a warning at the same time.She stood in my doorway with the light from the hallway behind her and she didn't say anything, she just stood there in one of my shirts with her hair loose and her feet bare and her face quiet in a way I hadn't seen before. No anger, no armor, no deal framing or terms invoked, just her, just Rosa, standing in my doorway in the middle of the night because she wanted to be here.I got out of bed and crossed to her and I didn't say anything either because there was nothing to say. We had already said the hard things earlier and the easy things could wait and right now th
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