Luca's POV
Maya looked at me for a long moment.
"Tonight," she said.
"That's what she's asking." I kept the phone at my side. "I told her nothing was decided. I wanted to ask you first."
She turned and looked at the brownstone. The quiet Carroll Gardens street. The evening we'd planned was now something else.
"She left your father in the hospital to come here," she said.
"Yes."
"That's not a small thing."
"No."
She was quiet for a moment. Not deciding. She'd already decided. Working out how she felt about the decision.
"Not Aria," she said. "Not tonight. That's a separate conversation for a separate day when I've had time to prepare her." She turned back to me. "But I'll meet her."
I looked at her. "You don't have to."
"I know I don't have to." She held my gaze. "She's Aria's g
