“Your name’s too long. It takes an age to pronounce, and by the time it’s out, I’ve often forgotten what I wanted to say. Or do you prefer I keep on calling you Kurt? It may confuse the cat, though.”
Very funny. “Tore will do,” I say. “Give me your hand.”
“You’ve already taken my life. I’m not giving you anything else.”
“The hand, Milene. Left one.”
She lifts her hand. I take two thick gold bands from my pocket and slide the smaller one down onto her ring finger.
Milene raises her eyebrows. “I thought we were skipping the ring part.”
“We’re not skipping anything, cara. The rings were late.”
And I made sure the jeweler knew how I felt about that. Nino said the man will be staying in hospital for at least two weeks.
Still holding Milene’s hand, I revel in the sight of the ring that m
