VALESKA
I came back home feeling different, light... relieved.
I didn't take a cab but walked on foot, thinking about everything that happened between me and Dante, from the start till now.
Everything rang in my mind, mostly his confession.
His words, his grip, the intense heat from his body that overwhelmed me as he spoke...
When I stepped right into my apartment and the door went shut behind me... I felt the load I've been carrying, fall off my shoulders like heavy shackles being broken.
Am I finally free?
Did I win tonight?
The agony in Dante's eyes when I sharply rejected his love, revived a feeling that he once snatched away from me.
My courage to speak up while looking him straight in the eyes... I felt that strength bouncing back when Dante clenched his chest, heartbroken..
