Chapter 5

It was the forty-eighth day of lockdown. The countdown to freedom had begun.

The news said that by next Monday, all public transport would be back up and running, and flights were starting to take off again.

Damien's calls went from once every two days to twice a day.

Instead of calling me, he called Chiara. But every conversation was about me.

He asked, "Has she talked to a lawyer? Is she working at the research institute now? How's she doing? Has she said anything about getting back together?"

Chiara's answer was always the same. "You should talk to her…