Riley Anderson After a stressful day at the hospital, I finally got the chance to head back home. The drive back home is unusually silent, with Alessandro busy typing on his phone, doing—I don’t know what. I don’t know why his mood suddenly changed, but he wore that business and no-nonsense face to the hospital and back. And since we were both exhausted, he had one of the maids from the mansion and Branes stay at the hospital since he wanted to be closer to his sister, so we let him spend the night at the hospital. I am online, checking out everything I need for my online classes starting in one week. "Riley, what are you doing?" Ricco’s voice disconcerts me, and I turn to look at him, muddled. Like, did he say my name and ask me what I was doing? Is he nuts? One minute he is talking t

