Mila
The room tilted. My lungs shrank. I gasped for air.
My body slammed against the couch.
A loud slap echoed through the place, and Mama’s voice rang out through the deadly silent room:
“I raised a monster! You can’t be human!”
Luca just stood there, taking one slap after another from Mama as she continued cursing him.
Then she collapsed on the floor, and her sobs became the only sound in the hall.
My mind went blank. Nothing made sense. It couldn’t be him.
With shaky steps, I walked to where Luca was standing. When I stood before him, he didn’t look at me—he didn’t even raise his head.
I held his hands; they were ice-cold, as if he’d been holding onto death itself.
“Tell me he was joking, right? Lying?” I asked, my voice bleeding, unable to believe what Ricardo had said.
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