Years of painful memories rushed to the surface, and I knew it was time to open the forbidden door that had been under lock and key, guarded by what was left of my soul.
“Tell me something, Elio.” I turned to face him dead-on. “If the one person you trusted with your entire heart used your worst fear against you, would you be as understanding as you want me to be?” I tried to push away the vague memory I had of my mother’s back to me. He closed his eyes, and I slowly turned back to the photos on the wall. Each happy face secretly nipped at my core. The Capris welcomed me into their lives and made me one of their own and just as quickly disappeared without a trace. “I didn’t think so.”
“I never wanted to abandon you.”
“But you did. Any way you spin it, I was left in the dust with only me
