I waited and waited for Donte and Nico to return. I didn’t want them to get hurt and I was anxious to hear if Ezio’s men had been driven away or not. I hated the thought of one of them watching me again. It was pretty traumatic and has been playing on my mind all day. I kept seeing the guy from the ball standing in the garden telling me to shush. He wasn’t actually there but I was so affected by his intimidation that I was imagining it. I need to distract myself and take my mind off of things. I’m going to end up driving myself insane. I walked over to the bed and plonked myself down. I opened up the lid of my laptop and carried on studying Italian. After a couple of hours, I heard the sound of male voices downstairs. I shut the lid and hurried out to the stairs. When I reached them, I l

