Chapter 18: When the Normalcy of Common Sense Loses Out to the Reckless Appeal of Desperation
Adriana
Day 4
I think the words Club Piccolo Mondo and Martuccio brothers were created to go together about as successfully as those doomed lovers in all the romance novels Lis has been gobbling up since she started getting serious with Byron a few months ago. Some big shot politician’s son owns the club, and I’m not surprised that Rafe greets almost every single man, woman, and beast—not really, but some of the misbehaving drunken guys could pass as one—that meets us as we wait outside the door.
What does make me curious is Luca’s hesitation to go inside. Glancing at the exterior, a dark building with hints of both Eastern and Gothic elements mixed together with its weathered red exterior, bl
