BEGINNING ISOLATION

I pressed my hands to my head and closed my eyes.

“You’re trying to drive me insane?”

“No, Manuela. I want you to overcome every single trauma from your past.”

“I don’t want anything that belongs to you.”

“It’s inevitable.”

I opened my eyes and stared straight at her.

“I don’t want any position in your company. And I don’t want any place in your life either. I’m not trying to be ungrateful, but everything you’re doing for me and Jimi—I never ...