10. THE SHOWDOWN Rosa was anxious; that was the story of her life since Matteo stepped foot in Norway. She could not have one minute that she wasn't feeling like she was hyperventilating, that she wasn't breathing properly, that her heart wasn't lodged in her throat, that she didn't feel like something quite terrible was about to happen. She felt that way since Matteo showed up, and it all simply was because of what was about to happen. The showdown with Sebastian. Rosa had been scared about talking to Sebastian like forever; she managed to avoid talking to him since morning, but that grace was over. Now he wanted to talk to her. She had a feeling about how the conversation would go, and she knew it would not be pretty at all. He was angry with her, that was for sure, but along with Rosa

