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148: I'll Set Him Up
After Giulia’s consultation with the doctor, something in her mind seemed to fracture beyond repair. It wasn’t just worry anymore; it was a slow, creeping unraveling she couldn’t fully grasp.She couldn't fathom why every new day adds problems to the already existing ones she's trying to solve. The worst of it was that those problems came from what she had thought would be a solution.She still couldn’t wrap her head around it.Did she just get pregnant?The doctor's word echoed in her thoughts again like a cruel joke. If not for the test result, there's no way she would have believed because she made sure to flush whatever the man had deposited in her, but right now it seemed the contraceptives had failed her.She's pregnant by a man she couldn’t even picture clearly. A man whose face refused to form in her memory no matter how hard she tried to force it.It was like chasing smoke; every attempt to recall him only made the emptiness more obvious.She lay on her bed longer than necess
147: I'm Sorry For Everything
After Lorenzo had told Dante what was being said about his name, he hadn’t taken it lightly.At first, he tried handling it the proper way. Quietly and professionally. He reached out to the media outlet that had published the story, expecting at least a response, even if it was a defensive one. But there was nothing.He had just checked his email, which he used to send the message, but they hadn't responded. It was almost one week now.There was no acknowledgment. No apology. Not even a token attempt to revise or pull down the article.It was as though his complaint had vanished into thin air.That silence irritated Dante more than the publication itself. It wasn’t just about the damage to his name; it was the audacity of it. The boldness of people who believed they could say anything, write anything, and walk away untouched.They didn't know who they were dealing with.Either way, Dante wasn’t going to let it slide.So today, he had decided to take a different approach.The kind that
146: Are You Married?
Giulia woke up with a sharp twist in her stomach, the kind that does not ask for permission before announcing itself. For a moment, she lay still, staring at the ceiling, hoping it would pass like the others had, but it didn’t.She had been feeling off for the past two days, experiencing weakness and feeling drained, as if her body were quietly rebelling against her.At first, she had brushed it aside, attributing it to anxiety from all the things happening to her that had weighed heavily on her.However, this morning felt different. At least in the past few days, she hadn't experienced nausea.There was a heaviness sitting in her chest.Before she could understand what was happening, the nausea wasn’t subtle anymore. It rose in waves, stronger and more insistent, until it forced her to sit up slowly on the bed.Giulia pressed a hand to her abdomen, her brows knitting together as her thoughts scrambled to make sense of it.“I didn’t even eat anything,” she muttered under her breath, h
145: A Viral News
Somewhere deep in the worn-out quarters of Venice’s ghetto, where the buildings leaned like tired old men and the air carried a mix of damp stone and cigarette smoke, Dante sat hunched over a wooden table.The table's edges were chipped, its surface scratched from years of use, but it still held steady beneath the weight of the draughtboard laid out between Dante and a few local men.The game had been going on for a while with no one winning yet. The men around Dante and the other player were fully invested, their eyes sharp. Sometimes their fingers would hover over the air as if they were the ones playing.Dante had blended in easily with the ghetto lifestyle. He does not look like someone who once commanded respect in rooms filled with power and wealth.There was no trace of that life in the way he dressed now. From simple clothes and slightly worn-out footwear. Apparently, nothing about him draws attention.Even his posture had changed over time, less rigid and less authoritative.
144: Where Are You Going?
It was a normal day at the Santoro Manor, or at least as normal as things could get after everything that had happened.The air felt lighter these days.For the first time in a long while, the oppressive weight that had hung over the estate seemed to have eased.The staff moved about with less tension, their voices no longer hushed by fear or uncertainty. Even the walls of the grand house, which had once seemed to echo with grief and silence, now carried a subtle sense of life again.At the center of it all was Mr. Santoro. He had gotten better, far better than anyone had expected.The man who had once been confined to bed, pale and fragile, now stood on his own two feet. Although he wasn't perfectly steady or fully restored, at least he's strong enough. Strong enough to walk without assistance.That morning, he stood before the large mirror in his bedroom, adjusting the cuffs of his shirt with deliberate care. His movements were slower than before, more calculated, but there was a qu
143: Dante—A Suspected Terrorist
Giulia was sprawled across her bed, her back resting against the headboard, one leg stretched out while the other bent lazily at the knee.The room was quiet, too quiet, and the faint hum of the air conditioner only seemed to amplify the stillness.Her phone screen glowed against her face as she scrolled absentmindedly through the internet, barely paying attention to anything she came across.Her mind had been restless for days now. Nothing seemed to hold her attention for long.Then her thumb froze mid-scroll.A headline caught her eye. It was impossible to ignore.“Suspected Italian terrorist leader found hiding in Miami, Florida, USA.”Her brows drew together instantly, and her eyelids lifted in surprise, the boredom in her expression evaporating in a split second.“An Italian terrorist leader? Hiding in Miami?” she murmured, her voice low, almost disbelieving, as she reread the headline slowly. The words didn’t sit right with her. Something about it felt off.A faint unease stirred
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