Chapter 10: That’s Amore

LUCREZIA

~~~When the stars make you drool just like a pasta e fasul

That’s Amore

When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet

You’re in love

When you walk in a dream but you know you’re not dreaming signore

Scusami, but you see, back in old Napoli

That’s Amore~~~

My father’s favorite song played loudly inside the mansion that I could even hear it’s slightly muffled sound inside my room.

As if the music player knows about my aching heart, it played a song about love on queue.

I feel like there is a heavy brick placed upon me as I lie on my bed, my body tangled in bedsheets, my arms opened wide, flatly placed on the bed as I stared at the empty ceiling above me as if it is the most interesting thing I’ve ever seen.

I laid there on emptiness as the void in my heart continues to sip the happiness in me. I feel empty. I no longer dance down the street with a cloud at my feet as the song sings because I’ve lost my Amore.

I’m no longer dreaming because I’ve lost my love.

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