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“Is everything alright, mio figlio (my child)?” She pulls me into a hug and kisses my left cheek.
“Yes, Madre, just came in here to check for something.”
“I heard some noise; that’s why I came around. Thought it might be you but I had to be sure.”
“How’s Father?”
“Awake. Daniel is with him.”
“Daniel? He is here?”
“Yes. I just left them a few seconds ago. He got here a little while ago.”
I shut the office door behind me. Mother is in a red fitted skirt with a white shirt tucked in. Her hair is flowing down her shoulders. She has black heels on.
“He didn’t tell me he was coming around. Are you going somewhere?”
We begin to walk back to Father’s room.
“Yes, I have to meet with Piero today. We might just be lucky enough to get him to start our supply.”
“I should go meet him instead.”
She places her hand on my shoulder as we stop at the door. It is slightly opened.
“Piero has always had a soft spot for me. I’ll take care of this, Alessandro.”
I open the door wide to see Daniel sitting beside Father’s bed. They stop talking as I enter. I can tell something is wrong with the way Daniel stares at me with clenched jaws.
Chapter sixteen
Adriana
Beatrice is waiting by the door as we wait for my phone to ring. Alessandro said he was coming soon. I can't seem to think straight around him. We had sex again with no condoms. It's about time I start on some birth control to be safe.
She’s here to get the guards away while I sneak out to meet him. She looks more scared than I do.
I hold my arms, staring at the phone beside me. I can hear my heartbeat as I anxiously wait to hear his call. Father will be here to take me back home if Alessandro doesn’t.
“Are you sure he’s coming?” Beatrice asks. I hug myself, raising my eyes to meet hers.
“He said he was.”
She nods and turns to the door.
I’m hoping he does. After our moment yesterday, it felt like something changed between us. The sex felt different, too. Or it’s just me. I couldn’t stop thinking about him. Every time I try to get him out of my head, I feel myself falling a bit deeper for him.
Beatrice and I jump as my phone rings. She raises her eyebrows, silently asking if it’s him. I nod in response, grabbing my phone in a hurry.
“Third row, black SUV,” he says as I pick up the call. He cuts it off immediately when he’s done talking.
I stand to my feet as Beatrice steps out. I wait for her signal to alert me when the guards are gone.
“Adriana,” she whispers behind the door. I slide on my flops and sneak out of the door.
Beatrice had brought a black cap to hide my face as I exit the hospital. I hastily walk out the door and into the parking lot, soaking up the smell beside all the disinfectant from the hospital.
Spotting Alessandro’s car in the third row, I walk towards him. He winds down the window, and I see Daniel instead. My heart sinks a little.
