CHAPTER 22 – What Never Was

The sky was overcast, as if the entire universe had decided to cloud the day. The clouds swirled over the city, gray and heavy, heralding a storm. Adrian had arrived first. He was on the terrace of his old apartment, the one he had used during his bachelorhood, the same one where he had welcomed Valeria back from Switzerland after her medical evaluation. But now, that space had another meaning: it was a scene of closure. An end.

He was sitting at the round wrought-