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Two months later
Tuscany, Italy
“You keep following the river downstream, signorina. It’s the easy part. Easy part, I tell you! You will reach your hotel in about one hour. Tutto bene?” “Va bene, signore. Grazie!”
Kassandra responded to the young Italian man before he bent down, disentangling the rope from the inflatable raft. It began floating away on the water and Serena squealed, trembling with excitement, holding her oar as the guide had instructed them, “Here we go, Kass! Oh it’s gonna be so good!”
She hastily grabbed her Nikon camera, turning around to snap a picture of the doctor befo
