DANTE’S POV“What do you mean she just left for the airport?” The words tumbled out, sharp and urgent, with each bloody syllable feeling like it might pull me out of this spiraling dread. I stared at Helena’s mother, eyes wide, pulse thundering in my ears.She squinted up at me, her hands covered in soil as she wiped them against her apron. “Exactly what I said, Mr. D’Angelo. She’s moving back to Paris.”“What! Why?” My voice cracked, and for the first time in years, I felt powerless, like a boy caught in the tide of a storm too strong to fight.“There ain’t no point staying here noW, is there? Her husband doesn’t remember her, and there’s no document to prove a wedding. I don’t know what to tell you anymore, but she’s gone and according to her, she never wants to step foot in Algreen cove again” Her words were blunt, honest, digging into me like the prongs of a thorn.I made a frustrated sound deep in my throat, fingers raking through my hair as my mind raced. Different possibilities
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