"Amara!" Mrs. Agosti's eyes were wide with surprise as I ran into my room. "Oh my god!" I was startled as she wrapped her arms around me.
"You came back," She whispered. "You came back. Oh my goodness. How? What happened?"
"I...I need to sit down," I whispered.
There was such an intense turmoil going on inside me that I couldn't breathe. I have seen death up close many times before, but what happened today, it surpassed everything. It was like I died and then came back to life again. My heart was still beating a million beats in a second. My legs felt shaky. Added to it was the overpowering feeling of loss, of guilt and pain and, if that was not enough, I was still unable to wrap my head around the Leonardo Ammassari I saw. For the first time ever, I felt lost. Utterly lost. Like som
