Chapter 102

• Alessio
• I knew something was bothering my wife a lot. I didn't know what or why, but I could relate it to whatever her aunt Katsumi had told her in private. It was as if it had destabilized her, as if it had put her in a situation that left her shattered, so my plan to cheer her up with ice cream didn't work. She wasn't even paying attention to the fact that I had bought her pistachio ice cream as a little joke because she didn't like it.
• It was as if she had entered some kind of automatic mode that I didn't know how the hell to understand. I just supported her lovingly, telling her that I was there for her, with all the good vibes in the world, and then I took her home so she could rest. The best thing was for her to sleep so she could give her brain a break from the relentless thinking, whatever it was she was thinking about, over and over again.