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"How are you feeling today?" Catalina asked.
"Better." I rotated my now free arm, feeling the slight pull of pain in my chest. "Remind me to never take a bullet point blank in the chest again."
Catalina leant over and grasped my hand. "I'm so sorry Nico. Truly I am. I shouldn't have run away that night. I just… I just felt trapped."
"It's okay. I'm alive. That's all that matters." I lifted her hand and kissed her knuckles, and was rewarded with a smile.
"Am I missing something?" I looked over to see Atlas with a mouthful of scrambled eggs and waving his fork between the two of us.
"Let's just say I've said sorry, as best I can." Catalina said sheepishly.
Atlas narrowed his eyes, then shrugged his shoulders, turning his attention back to his breakfast.
A knock at the door had us all turning to see the housemaid holding a long golden dress.
"Miss Catalina. This just came for you. Shall I put it in your room?"
Catalina nodded. "Oh yes, thank you Eva. How is your son, Goran? Any better?"
She nodded with a bright smile. "Yes. His fever broke yesterday and he's much better now. Thank you for asking, Cat. And thank you for the book too. He just loves stories with dragons."
"Well I'm glad he likes it, and he's feeling better."
Eva smiled, "I'll leave you to your breakfast. Have a nice day, Cat."
"You too Eva." Catalina waved after her.
I raised my brow at Catalina. "You know her?"
She nodded as she took a bite of her fig. "Of course. Eva is lovely."
"And where is the dress from?"
"Oh, I left it in the store by accident. They must have laundered it and sent it over. Your brother gave it to me."
"Atlas always did have good taste."
Atlas shook his head, "Don't look at me, bro. I didn’t get her that dress."
Now I was confused. Atlas was our usual fashionista in the house. I looked at Catalina who just shrugged.
"Luca, gave it to me."
"Luca?" I was astounded.
Atlas leant back in his chair. "Now I'm definitely missing something. What is going on with the world?"
"Why do you say that?" Catalina asked innocently over her coffee.
I thought about my words carefully. "It's just, he hasn't bought any female any gift in a long time."
"No, it wasn't a gift. He got that for me for the fundraiser event."
I looked at Atlas, who looked just as stunned as I did. "He took you to the fundraiser?"
She nodded.
"That's even more meaningful, given the reason for the fundraiser." I said.
