5
ENZO
She didn’t leave the shelter of the vehicle.
Tessa hadn’t been herself since we stopped at her place and discovered no new leads regarding her ex.
That’s how I referred to him in my head, an ex. An old acquaintance who was better off dead. She didn’t know that yet, but it would have to come to light eventually.
As soon as I opened Tessa’s door, her gaze ping-ponged around the cab of my BMW, avoiding eye-contact.
“You wanna blow bubbles?” Jessica shouted our way.
We’d pulled into the curved driveway of my older brother Lorenzo’s house and his girlfriend, Jessica was twirling on the lawn with a giant bubble wand in hand, creating jumbo sized iridescent slugs that floated off into the sky.
She had a penchant for being carefree, much of which came from the protection my brother
