The next morning, Ara woke up alone in the room with a little note on Lucca's pillow:

"Sweetheart, I went to work. I’ll be in the office. I left you breakfast—eat it all, okay? You can go to Kate’s studio or just walk around the house. Don’t stay locked up. I’ll see you at lunch. —Lucca."

Ara smiled. She ate her breakfast, took the medicine he had left for her, and after showering, got dressed in simple clothes. A week had passed since he rescued her, and little by little, she was beginning to