Hearing Her Heart Drove Him Mad
He’d gone thin—alarmingly so—dark circles under his eyes, unshaven, exhausted.
He said, “Sofia, you saw what happened online, right?”
Without waiting for my answer, he rushed on,
“It’s all fake. Rossi lied—she lied to everyone. She made it all up. She’s not pregnant.”
“I never touched her. I swear.”
His voice cracked, desperate.
“Why won’t anyone believe me?
You—you believe me, right?
Sofia?”
His eyes were wide, frantic, reaching for me—
I stepped back before he could touch me.