Chapter 35 - Ties Unraveling

• Alessandro’s P.O.V.
• The quiet hum of the suitcase zipper should have been calming, but my thoughts were anything but. Each item I packed felt heavier than it should, the weight of everything I wasn’t saying pressing down on me. I folded another shirt and placed it neatly inside, though my hands felt heavy with doubt.
• "Are you even listening, Alessandro?" Dolores’s sharp voice yanked me out of my spiraling thoughts like a hook.