Chapter Twenty-Seven
Ivo looked as if his heart had been ripped from his chest. Three days since his beloved Mama had died and he behaved as if he were walking around in a dream.
Adria had underplayed the cancer, it seemed, but even that wasn’t what killed her. A heart attack, from nowhere. Sofia, in shock too, knew what it felt like when someone beloved just was gone in an instant and she tried to support Ivo as best she could, as well a shell-chocked, distraught Walter, but she felt overwhelmed.
Because of Adria’s status, her celebrity, it was international news and both Ivo and Walter were besieged by press.
Desiree and Sofia fended the questions away as best as they could while Walter and Ivo arranged for Adria’s body to be flown back to Los Angeles.
She had wanted, even after the
