Becca.

After the barbecue, James told me what had been on his mind.

Alison was out of prison.

Like he had said, there wasn’t much we could do about it right now, so I took in the news and tried to think of something else.

At night, we both collapsed into bed. It had been a long day.

I woke up happy the next day, despite the news James had given me, and made a point to spend the day with Alessandro again.

We were playing on the ...