Stefano “Stefano.” I looked up blearily, surprised to see the room was empty apart from me and Luca. How had I not noticed everyone leaving? “Yeah.” I straightened from my place on the edge of the bed. Rolling my shoulders in an attempt to relieve one of the pressure I was carrying in my back and neck. “You doing ok?” Every part of me wanted to say yes. Yes, of course I was ok but that would have been a lie and Luca would have seen straight through it anyway. “Not even a little bit.” My eyes swept the room I shared with Lily. There was still touches her all over the place. A hair brush with her hair still in it on the dressing table. One of her robes on a hook on the bathroom door. She had moved out but it was still our bedroom. “Where’s Lily?” Panic gripped my chest, making it hard

