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CHAPTER 40: FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND DO THE RIGHT THING

Alceo

The steps I took back into the main house were slower than a tortoise's. I couldn't wrap my head around how adamant Marianna could be. Every word that came out of her mouth stung me like a scorpion's sting.

I couldn't bear losing her. I wasn't even in love with Nina, even if I tried. The hope I gave her a few days ago was starting to sound like a lie. I couldn't even try to bring myself to love her. All I wanted was Marianna, all I wanted was my pretty. She had grown in every way that I just noticed today.

And the way she gripped her baby closer when I talked about coming to see them broke my heart. That was our child, she told me countless times but I refused to listen.

I walked right into the living room. Uri, the men and Nina were seated, watching a TV programme and laughing to themselves.

I obstructed their view, grabbed the remote and switched the TV off.

Uri was the first to talk. “What was that for?”

“Did none of you hear that someone tried to kill Marianna and her baby?”

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