Carmelo had to be dreaming. He didn’t think he was, but that was the only explanation for Tina Vincenzo to show up in front of his eyes. He’d been thinking about her, and there she was.
“Hello,” he said to the apparition.
She jumped and turned to him. “Carmelo? What are you doing here?”
He smiled at his fantasy. “I guess I’m waiting for you. I was just thinking about you, and now you are here.”
She smiled that sweet, innocent smile that reminded him how young she was. And that she wasn’t his. But possession didn’t apply when she wasn’t real.
“I am here. I needed to get away from my family. My father especially. He’s trying to marry me off, and I don’t like the men he’s chosen.”
“Why not?” Carmelo asked. It didn’t matter if she was real or not, she was there, and she was talking to hi
