Chapter 11 Aliyana –––––––– AFTER A LONG LUNCH and the afternoon fast approaching, I head to the kitchen for a snack, not expecting Marco to be sitting there. I turn to head right back out, “Don’t go,” Two words I once wanted to say, two words that would have once held much more than what it means now. “Why?” “Please, stay,” I think about it carefully, before I turn around and see him sitting by the counter with a chair and his laptop. “I didn’t know you wear glasses.” His eyes are covered with a thin metal frame. He looks almost sad, and I find it odd, since he has everything he wants. “Years of reading does that to a man. If you looking for the chocolate there is a Belgium one on the top cupboard behind you.” “Thanks.” “Aliyana,” “Did you know my sister? Azurella?” He is so

