Valeria's POV
"Hello?"
"Valeria dear, this is Isabella Thorne."
The relief that flooded through me was so intense. It was just Luka's mother.
"Mrs. Thorne, I wasn't expecting to hear from you." I couldn't keep the smile away from my tone.
There was a pause on the other end of the line. When she spoke again, her voice was gentle. "I'm sorry for calling out of the blue. I hope I'm not interrupting anything important."
"No, not at all. I was just working. How are you?"
"I'm doing well, thank you for asking. How are you? How have you been?"
"I'm fine…" I answered, then paused because I wasn't sure what to call her. We had been close once, back when I was much younger, but that felt like a lifetime ago. So much had changed between then and now. So many bridges burned and relationships d
