Chapter 38 |ELEANOR| I woke up feeling better than ever. I woke up feeling alive. It was strange feeling like this because I knew the reason and it disgusted me to my core. A quick look at the clock told me it is almost half past one after lunch. I jolted out of the bed and hurried to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. “Valerio?”, I raised my voice when I entered the living room and saw it was empty. “Out here!”, he shouted back and I stepped outside in the balcony, still in my pajamas. “Oh. Hi.”, I said and looked around. The November day was bright and sunny, warmth tickling on my skin. “It is an unusually warm autumn.”, I said while leaning on the metal railing encompassing the terrace. “It is, indeed. You slept well?”, Valerio asked me from behind.

