Chapter 55

Mena

After the art exhibition ended, Alessio suggested to buy the children some ice cream. Well, Melody forced him—and he agreed.

Naty and Melody were over at the playground, eating their ice cream, while Alessio and I watched them from a bench nearby.

Same as Naty, I was surprised that he had shown up. When it came to Naty, I was used to doing everything on my own, without any support and without expectations, because Anson had shown us not to have them.

Naty really wanted him to come, and I initially wanted to tell her not to ask him, as I was scared of rejection, but also she might've felt like she had nothing to lose.

Thank God he came, because the parents there were not my crowd. It also brought back a reminder of how different we were from each other—but until now, we had made it work.

“We left at a good time,” Alessio broke the peaceful silence. “I couldn’t stand being around those children any longer.”

I chuckled at his words. During the exhibition, the children all tried to g