Chapter 69

ISABELLA

I feel like hitting him harder this time when I hear him ordering me into the car.

The interior of the vehicle looks like a potential prison, but with a heavy heart and a face wet from the tears I couldn't hold back, I take a reluctant step towards my unwanted destination. I get into the car, the door closing with a sound that resonates like the echo of a sentence. The tears continue to fall, but now they are tears of defeat mixed with the bitter taste of resignation.

I didn't get my freedom, I'm going back to my prison next to Lorenzo. I was so close and far away at the same time.

He sighs angrily before getting into the car too, but this time I don't look at him anymore, I just turn my head and keep looking at the church through the car window.

The car drives off. The passing cityscape continues to disappear rapidly. I keep crying and feeling that he's looking at me right now, but I can't look him in the eye right now.

I try not to lose