CHAPTER 7 Melanie returned home with her painting under her arm, satisfied with the walk and the purchase. She immediately unwrapped the package and placed the print on the mantle, stepping back to admire the effect. It was incredible, now the image seemed beautiful, full of charm, light and mysterious simultaneously. It looked great in the living room of her house, she had been looking for some time for a picture to hang on that wall and could not find a suitable one. It was useless to deny it. She cared a lot about that apartment, which she had recently bought. She had chosen it carefully, with the same attention to detail she put in to selecting her clothes, her hairstyle, her daily look. But the house was beautiful like her, not very large but refined, with a panoramic and flowery te