43. A visit

Saint Giordano

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I took a deep breath, then another, and another.

I could feel the rage in my bones but I had to suppress it so as not to scare her. “Was it the man you were staring at?”

She shook her head immediately.

“Adriana.”

“I don’t want to talk about it anymore.”

She was scared because of a stupid creepy man. Fearless Adriana was shaking. I wondered how she would have felt being alone with him if she was still scared now. It made me mad to think that someone who could scare a woman like that was walking freely.

“Should I take you home?” I questioned because I knew she was not in the mood to eat anymore. I wasn’t as well. “Go and wait in the car. I’ll pay.”

She shook her head. “I’ll go with you.”

Nodding, I grabbed her bag and she held onto my arm as we went to get the receipt. After paying, we got into the car, but she didn’t want to let go of me. She was making sure her body was touching mine as though she needed something to remind her I was with her.

I was tempted to go b