The drive back home felt like I was traveling between two different worlds.
I looked at my watch. It was past 4 in about ninety minutes, Gary’s deadline would hit. He expected me to call him. He expected me to hand over the USB drive to save Matthew but l can't.
The secret felt like a heavy because I knew that Luca’s father had a dark secret but Luca doesn't and it was a mess of lies and old sins.
But I made a choice.
I wasn't going to give Gary that USB drive today. And I wasn't going to tell Luca about his father’s past, not yet. Today has been full of enough pain. I had to see my father fading away in pain and l also saw the people I thought were "perfect" crumble under the weight of their own choices.
I need a break. I need to be Ava Montgomery for a few hours, I need to be the w
