|| Lorenzo ||
My brain stopped for a moment when Alessia spoke, her voice trembling with urgency. “She’s gone.”
The words hit me like a punch to the gut, my chest tightening as the reality of the situation crashed down on me. Cora was gone. My cupcake, my wife, the woman who had somehow become the center of my world, had disappeared. And it was my fault. I had underestimated the threats around us, underestimated the lengths my mother and Rachel would go to. I had failed her.
My head kept buzzing with the words from that unknown caller, their voice cold and mocking. *“Keep an eye on your little wife, if you can!”* It was a threat, a taunt, and Cora had walked right into it. My fists clenched at my sides, my jaw tightening as I tried to push down the rising tide of anger and fear. How cou
