Enrico closed Isabella’s door gently, allowing the soft click of the latch to echo in the quiet corridor. He paused for a moment, drawing in a steady breath before making his way down the hall. His mind, however, was already shifting to the next difficult conversation he had to face, Carmen.
He had left her in the care of a doctor, but now it was time to confront the reality of the situation. The room where Carmen was resting felt colder when he approached it, the air heavy with an underlying tension that Enrico could already sense through the closed door. Pushing it open, he found the doctor already checking on Carmen’s eye injury, his fingers gently examining the bruising that marked her face.
Carmen’s head turned the moment she heard the door open, her face lighting up when she saw En
