Chapter 89

• The darkness was so deep that it was impossible to see his own hands. Leonardo had wandered all over that city looking to meet her, it was one in the morning, the street was as empty as his heart when Emma had left his life, the cold was his companion, even though he was wearing a thick coat he had bought in a local store. He had found a way to stalk the house where Emma lived with Liam from a distance, so she had circled all over the place, trying to see something. He didn't know precisely what thing, but he was trying to see her, he was content at that instant to stalk her from his car, but he knew he would soon want more closeness with her, it had been five years, too long for him not to be deeply desperate, it had been just a thread of sanity that had kept him from fucking her in her very kitchen, but he felt that thread would fade very soon.
• Leonardo raised his eyes to the window of Emma's house, his eyes filled with light when he saw her there, leaning out of a window, she had seen Liam arrive, so she was not alone, unfortunately she was not alone, if she was, he would give her one more visit, but he did not know how much he could control himself once he was in front of her again.
• Having to pretend to be cold to Emma when in reality he wanted to hold her in his arms and just take her with him, had been too difficult for him; since that girl, who was now a woman, had left, he had known no peace. It had been the worst five years of his life: he had become addicted to gambling and prostitutes, he had spent half of his fortune and only in the last year had he managed to restore it.