“It’s good to see you too… how are you?” Adriano asks just as Emeliana pulls away from him, continuing to smile at him. “I’m good, how’re you doing… feeling better…?” Emeliana asks, her gaze shifting to his abdomen, specifically where his gunshot wound is. “A lot better… I’m on the heaviest of drugs to help numb the pain… but every day is better than the last.” Adriano explains just as he glances behind Emeliana to see Demetrio and Luca, the two of them walking into the room. “I’m glad to hear you’re doing better.” Emeliana smiles at him as she tries all she can not to think about the day he got shot and how it was partly her fault. And so instead of entertaining those thoughts, she turns her head to look at the person she had not yet acknowledged, finding him staring at her curiously w

