Chapter 211

• She didn’t want to think about how boring and empty it seemed in comparison. Doing so made the last few hours seem like a hair-raising rollercoaster of emotion—emotion she had never thought herself capable of feeling.
• Vittorio moved to the door. ‘I will see you downstairs at seven. I will send Ghita up to show you the way.’
• Ally watched as the door closed behind him. She felt as if she was trapped inside with all her lies, each one she had told circling above her head like a hornet waiting to strike.