"Then why are you wearing the police uniform? Why did you stop me?"
The playful tone evaporated from Luca’s face as his face turned serious. He crouched down to my level, his eyes locking with mine. His voice dropped, low and serious.
I couldn’t shake the feeling of uncertainty.
The day passed and nobody knocked.
The next day, I waited. Still nothing.
By the third day, the thought came to me.
Run.
It seemed crazy. I shouldn’t.
He told me not to, but he had also warned me there would be someone at my door in two hours, but nothing had happened. No one came.
Leon was feeling better. In fact, he went back to school today. I didn’t have to go to work. The apartment was quiet, and I found myself staring at the door, wondering what was really stopping me from leaving.
"Come on, Ari," h
