37Three months later
Sitting on a folding chair, Loreley was enjoying the panorama of Lake Como, holding a brush soaked in colour. Luca watched as she transferred to the canvas everything he had taught her in those few months. At the start she had felt embarrassed being subjected to all that attention, but over time she had become accustomed to that scrutiny.
There was still had a long way to go before she could create something decent, but she was aware that she had learned quickly and liked painting almost as much as skating; so she had decided that this new hobby would replace the skates, which represented a danger now. She could not afford another accident on the ice with the responsibility of two children.
She concentrated on the lake, which formed a cove at that point, with a sequ
