Alessandro and I crashed in his room and didn't come out even when Marino and the crew arrived. We needed time to ourselves. Maria, Stephie, and some of her crew were with them. We'd been notified by text and San told Marino we would be absent. No one disturbed us.
“It's sad," I said aloud once we were settled. “I'm so sorry."
“Why are you sorry? The entire situation is f****d up, but their choices had nothing to do with us."
“They had everything to do with us," she said stubbornly. “Maria's father and mother had her at the same time I was born. Marino's parents the same. It was all set up. It's your father I feel the worst for. Has he ever loved a woman?"
“He had affairs on my mom and I discovered it early on. I hated him for it, and then she died. I didn't understand and I considered
