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Aiden still suffers from the poison. He’s gaunt and sickly, but is slowly recovering. When he was released from the hospital, we made him come back to the apartment with us. Edith thinks he’s suffering from a broken heart, so she insists on getting him bacon cheeseburgers from the Grease Lounge. She calls it “food for the soul”, and who am I to argue? I think the worst part for Aiden is not having Shelby to nurse him back to health.

I don’t have it in me to ask him to move out. Dude needs to pull up his man pants, but I’m not about to tell my girlfriend that. I’m not stupid. However, we’re getting on a plane and heading to Italy in less than twelve hours…