Elena
I stared out the window of the small flat I'd rented in London, the gray sky a mirror to my mood. This city felt like a world away from the life I'd left behind in Rome, but it was where I needed to be right now.
I've thought about calling Shannon so many times but I just can't seem to bring myself to do it, I see everyone's missed calls but I don't know how to respond to them,
My mother's death had been a blow I wasn't ready for. The doctors had given me the grim news—an incurable disease had taken her, and with her gone, I had no immediate family left. It was a stark reminder of how alone I felt, even as I tried to ground myself in this new reality.
