Chapter 57

• She ran as fast as her legs would allow her, more than once, her body felt the temptation to fall, the path was blurred, her tears did not allow her to see anything, but she kept running towards the outskirts of that company, listening to the screams of Leonardo, who exclaimed her name with terrifying desperation, but she did not think to look back. The pain she felt in her heart was indescribable, her stomach had been hit by a barely bearable pain, her lips had suddenly cracked, her hands trembled, her eyes did not come out of that bitter surprise, in her throat she had screams that clung to her, almost suffocating her, in her head she recreated over and over again that image, tearing herself apart more and more.
• "Please, Emma, my love!" She had felt everyone's gaze fall on them as they ran through the company, and as they went out into the street, she also felt how people looked at her, as if they were capable of knowing that she had been deluded enough to believe that he loved her. The distance that separated Emma and Leonardo was minimal, for he was an athletic man, one step from him was three from her. "My love, I implore you!" There was no word strong enough to stop Emma's run, she had to get home, so she could tear herself apart in pain, although she was doing it at that moment, her thoughts were suffocating her, she felt she could hardly breathe, she was making a great effort to do it, she had the feeling that at any moment she would faint. "Emma, my love, please stop now!"
• A choked scream emerged from Emma's lips, she reached the edge of the street and crossed it, despite the cars passing by without any control, she would rather be run over than have to see Leonardo's face once again.