Shis blew out the last puff of smoke from the cigarette he'd been smoking during his cousin's argument. The door was still closed and it had better be that way. It all sounded so distant, confused, and damn real that she didn't want to miss any detail of the entire conversation. Santino remained serious, but somehow he felt a little more gentle and bearable that "burden", which he had not wanted to reveal to Alexa, for fear of her concern. Shis always listened and if he recriminated it was with good reason ... sometimes. But this time, the recrimination was erased from his doubtful countenance. The thing was not for less. Have you ever experienced the feeling of being in front of an avalanche, just looking at how that ton of snow is about to fall on you? That same sense of anticipated t

