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I chose comfortable and cold.
I got out of bed and quickly stripped down to my thong. Once my sports bra was off, I put my t-shirt back on for what little heat it still offered and got back under the covers.
The ice-cold, freezing covers.
As I lay there shivering, I tried to distract myself by thinking about what had happened since dinner.
More than anything, I thought back to Massimo’s apology for getting me into this mess.
Nobody in my entire life had ever said they were sorry.
Nona’s number one rule in life was Never apologize for anything.
Her mafia goons? They didn’t apologize to me for shit.
The nuns in the convent had been even worse. If they fucked up, they blamed me for it instead.
Nobody else in my life had ever apologized.
None of my friends, none of the guys I’d ever slept with –
…but Massimo had.
That affected me in a way I couldn’t explain.
I…
I almost felt like I wanted to cry.
It was probably just the brandy.
Or maybe the talk of how Massimo’s mother and father had died.
I could still hear the pain in his voice.
Grief was to be expected with his father. After all, it had been – what, a year? Maybe less?
But when he talked about his mother, it was like she’d died only a short time ago, too.
He’d sounded so sad, it made me want to cry even more.
So when he’d told me he was sorry…
It meant something to me.
A memory came back to me: the one time in my life Nona had ever said she was sorry.
I was six years old… right after it happened.
I remember Nona took me in her arms and rocked me.
Her voice was so sad…
I’m so sorry, my sweet girl… I’m so sorry…
I felt myself spiraling down into darkness and grief.
I tried to push it out of my mind –
