chapter 21

Alessandro

It's been three days since I've last seen Athena. She sent Jasper, my best friend, and Kano here every day to make sure I was fine, and it made me miss her even more. She's too good for someone like me, for anyone for that matter.

I called her for the thousandth and it, as usual, went to voicemail. "Athena, please baby, I miss you so fucking much. I'm so sorry." I was cut off by it saying her voicemail box was full, probably because of me. I drunk the rest of the bottle of whiskey, becoming a bit light-headed, as the two most annoying voices came into focus. "It's noon and your drinking?" Kano said with a scoff.

"Athena. How's Athena?" I managed to slur out as I tried to grab another bottle.

"Nope." Jasper grabbed and took a swig. "She's fine. How'd you manage to fuck that up? She's funny and she's gorgeous, that's some hard shit to find."

"Has she spoke about me?"

"Clearly if she's been asking us to check up on you every damn day." Jasper rolled his eyes as him and Kano gr