Elaine I shut my eyes to drown out the hurt of his words. s**t. I was so thirsty for an answer, and now I'd got it. Well, this meant that I was right after all. He'd never come to accept me and Finn no matter what. I didn't want to burden myself with the truth that his view on single moms would change a lot of things between us. “Elaine?” an unsure voice asked behind me. I whipped my head from Max to the tall, dark-haired perfection that was my ex-boyfriend and did a double take. f**k. f**k. f**k. Of all places to show up. “Alessandro?” I stuttered, trying so hard to keep myself firm and not throw up right here. My eyes flickered back to Max who was standing now, glancing between Alessandro and me with an unreasonable expression. An introduction wouldn't be so bad, I decided. “Um, hi