“That is another nonnegotiable clause,” I answer seriously.
“All right. We are fulfilling dreams here, but the only ones I have heard involve handsome neighbors and snacks after work. What about you, Valentina? Will you continue following the path you have walked until now?”
“I need to take my first steps,” I admit to myself. “I will not surrender them, even without knowing where they will lead me.”
“At this exact moment, those little fairy steps are leading you upstairs toward the room of a certain Don,” Siena says.
She is right.
“I would like to leave tomorrow,” Graziela surprises me. “I have no strength left for goodbyes. I only want to go.”
“All right,” I agree without judgment. “Pack your things and tell me where you want to go. We will maintain your security and arrange the doc
