Lily's POV
Rome
The taxi skidded, wheels screaming on cobblestone streets. I exhaled and clenched the pack straps tightly as I looked out the window.
Screaming cars, frantic pedestrians, and the bitter tang of smoke entwined with the smell of fresh bread and stinging coffee in the city. Rome was always this way, so outrageously emotional as if something that was about to happen was already happening. Perfect for dropping the weight.
The driver looked at me in the rearview mirror on his head, his bushy eyebrows furrowed in annoyance.
I pulled on my hood over the sweat cap that was underneath.
My hair, now dyed black, was pulled tight under the cap. My skin, which was pale, was now tanned. I looked like a different person and was no longer recognizable.
I gave the driv
