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"Right all the things that would ood Italian wife," I teased

"He means well"

"I know And it is sweet that he would ask"

Even if Luca and I hadn't exactly been having those kinds of conversations yet

We'd been on the path to having the big talks

Until the second shipping container, the girls, the accusations, the realizations, and then the subsequent doard spiral emotionally

I couldn't help but wonder if ht help act as a springboard, giving us the much-needed spark of conversation

We needed to talk

About as going on

About its possible expiration date

About what page ere both on, if ere even in the same book, let alone chapter

We needed to talk about those things I needed to know if I was overstaying o back to California, to get back to my life

I was officially at the point of dreading that

In such a short aun to think of Navesink Bank as my home

And Luca's apartment, in particular