EPISODE 19

LUCA

Her shyness drags out a slow smile, I take one of her hand in mind, holding it between us by her wrist.

“Isn’t there anywhere you've always wanted to go? Anywhere at all, I'll take you.”

She goes quiet again, her forehead creases a little as she thinks. Then her eyes flutters and her lips part. “Maybe… an art shop…”

I was taken aback by her answer, I didn't know why, actually, I didn't know what I was expecting. Eliana is a girl locked out from the world her entire life but I'd given her a once in a lifetime chance offer. I'd thought she'd take advantage of that.

They always did. All the women I've been with. She wasn't like them, she was nothing like them and it struck me somewhere deep in my core at the realization and I should have known that from the start.

No, as a matter of fact, I've known that. I guess it was part of be reason I was fascinated by her.

“You have an interest in art?”

“Yes,” She beamed, her blueish-grey irises gleaming from the light of the nightstan