The Conversation

Vincenzo's POV

When the nurse told me Silvia was awake, my stomach dropped.

I didn’t realize I had been bracing myself for this moment.

For the conversation.

For the look in her eyes.

I stood outside her hospital room for a second longer than necessary, my hand hovering over the door handle.

Then I went in.

Silvia looked small in the hospital bed. Too small.

Her skin was pale. There were dark circ