Chapter 146

Raya

I visited my mom again one last time before we went to Italy, the view from the transparent glass of her hospital room door telling me that she was still sick but at least responding to treatment, and I turned my face into the embrace of my boyfriend, who stood beside me.

I was torn but afraid also.

It was just two months before I lost her... or less, since it has been almost a week since I heard the news.

"It'll be alright," Maxwell said as he soothed me by the door, and we walked out into his car after another minute, where he started the car engine again.

Our next destination was his private airport, where we were to board our flight to Italy, and Kyle was just as excited as I was.

"The little family has arrived," Maxwell's sister, Macayla, said the minute we walked into the plane, and I was startled enough to drop my bag, its contents spilling out.

"Mac! Can you behave more maturely?"

"What?" She said as she bent to pick up my things, and she sent a glare in Maxwell's way, "I