Chapter 40: Tears ... Those Little Slices of Forgiveness
Erin reacted to hearing the news of Alek’s coma a lot better than I did.
“My brother’s stubborn. I know he’ll get through this,” I assure her. Regardless of the words, my heart still aches from the pain of losing Simona, so I’m not sure how convincing I sound.
“Thank you. For being on our side,” she says.
“I should be saying the same thing,” I remind her.
She gives a light laugh. “Yeah. You’ve primped Luca for the priesthood, I think.” We both narrow our eyes, our smiles growing. And then she says, “Nah. I don’t think so.”
“Exactly what I was thinking,” I reply, laughing.
“Seriously, though. You’ve been really good for each other.”
“So have you and Alek,” I add and give her the fish lips, which always works to make someone la
