PART ONE: THE MORNING
9:23 AM - Moretti Estate, Back Garden
The grass was overgrown.
Aria stood at the edge of the garden and looked at the lawn this was an Environment where her family had been murdered seven years ago. The grass had continued growing in her absence. The flowers had bloomed and died and bloomed again. The world had kept turning while she was in Lagos, raising Luca, building herself back into something that could survive.
Now she was here. And she was going to stand in this garden and marry the man she loved.
Lucia came out of the house carrying a measuring tape and a clipboard. She was wearing sensible shoes and a light jacket, despite the warm spring morning. The woman had a practical quality to her she approached problems with the mindset of someone who'd spent yea
