Chapter 140

Lina stared at the box with the pictures of Matteo stacked in it, ready to be closed and forgotten, for, as the therapist had said, it would be hard but also do her good.

She had rounded the house, picking things that reminded her of Matteo, but she knew all of it wasn't going to do, for when she looked at Luca, she saw him; she saw her Matteo, staring back at her face.

And that had her restraint crumbling into dust.

Their relationship has strained a lot since Matteo died; he tried, and she knew he tried everything to get to her and bring her back from the shadows she was slipping into, accepting it was all his fault even though she knew it wasn't.

They hadn't spoken for almost a week now since the last fight. When she told him he was both a lousy father to Matteo and a bad husband to her, she'd seen the hurt in his eyes as he left her alone in the room, and so badly she wanted to reach out, but didn't he deserve it?

He made Matteo go through a lot, denying hi