Chapter 86

• Altezza parked his car on the side of the house as usual, a habit he'd maintained since long ago. Although he no longer had spare keys to the house, old habits die hard. He knocked on the iron door several times until the figure of a middle-aged woman he knew appeared.
• "Is Jovanka in?" he asked, to which the woman nodded in response. Altezza followed her inside, heading towards the kitchen and choosing to wait in the family room. In the past, Altezza would have gone straight upstairs to Jovanka's room. But this time, he refrained. He was a stranger now, so he was mindful of his position.
• "Altezza, Honey, you're here," the woman exclaimed. She looked elegant in a maroon long-sleeved dress with a knee-length skirt, her face beaming.