Chapter 46

He followed Luca down the corridor with quick steps, their footfalls fading down the staircase until the sound of the front door opening and closing rang out sharp against the deep-night quiet. I went back into the bedroom, lay down again, and rested my fingers on my belly, feeling the small life inside slowly shifting its position. The night breeze stirred the edge of the curtains, and moonlight cast a silvery-white square patch across the floor.