The night had landed in the summer sky and to Santino, the silence formed between him and Alexa seemed eternal. His heart skipped a beat, one of those sensations that creep in when you know there will be a storm.
The girl's face looked passive, but the latent glint in her eyes denoted an uneasiness that he didn't like at all.
He hadn't been wrong… there were problems. He could be read written under the emerald green of her pupils.
But he didn't want to leave it to chance, he never did that. Talking was necessary, even if the answer was not the desired one.
"Alexa… what happened?"
Saying it was a beginning. Worry was latent in the timbre of her voice.
Alexa lowered her face to hers. So much had happened in such a short time, that dwelling on them in front of Santino's watchful eye sud
