Chapter Twenty-Seven: Sightseeing Pt 1
The phone screen lit up the dark hotel room. Enzo opened his eyes. He looked at the ceiling for exactly one second — the particular stillness of a man who had been asleep and was now entirely awake, because that was simply how he moved between states — then he reached for his phone. Group video call. He already knew. He accepted it. Three faces appeared on the screen simultaneously with the coordinated energy of people who had planned this and saw absolutely no reason to pretend otherwise. “Hey bro,” Matteo said warmly. “Hi baby!” Aiden said, with his brightest smile. “Hi big bro,” Adrian said quietly, from what appeared to be a very comfortable armchair. Enzo looked at all three of them. “Hi guys,” he said. Then he looked at Aiden specifically. “And you — I have warned you seve
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