“Already taken care of.”
She furrowed her brow. “What do you mean, taken care of? I have to—”
“Estimata, please. Come with me. Let me explain. You once said that you believed in giving people the chance to fix their mistakes. I’m trying to fix mine.” He pushed for her to go with him, though the idea of getting in the balloon basket left his cheeks sallow and his eyes hollow as if he’d already stepped from a loop-the-loop amusement park ride.
With a sigh, and feeling only a little sorry for him, she nodded.
Mateu said a few things in Catalan, eliciting a nod from their pilot. Within minutes, they lifted off, rising into the blue skies of Barcelona. The brilliant azure of the sea spanned out for miles on one side and the lush green foliage of the countryside on the other.
“Sorry, he doe
