Earn Forgiveness

Vincenzo's POV

The door slammed harder than it needed to.

Viv didn’t look back.

The sound echoed through the corridor long after she was gone, a hollow, final thing that rattled around in my chest like a warning I was too late to hear even as I told Arturo to follow her, make sure she was safe.

I stood there, staring at the space she’d occupied seconds ago, my hands still half-raised like I coul