*Caterina*
There was something strange, yet special, about waking up in a new place, especially if it was a new place where you wanted to create a future.
I could still vaguely recall how I felt back when Elio and Alessandro relocated my mother and me to the safe house when our old home had been broken into. It was cold and so unfamiliar that I honestly felt uncomfortable being in it for a good while.
Slowly but surely, I’d gotten used to the place. But it wasn’t as though I was there under decent circumstances to begin with.
But this… this was different.
My eyes slowly crept open as the morning light from the sun streamed into the room. As I lay on my side, I felt the heavy weight of Elio’s arm dapped around my middle. I bit the inside of my cheek and found myself smiling like a fool.
