Elsa

On the morning of the fourth day, Gabrielle comes to the house at around eleven in the morning. He has been coming every day to check up on me, I don't know whether to make sure I haven't run away or for my well-being. I am reading a novel in the living room. We talk less and I try not to ask about Marcello because he would have told me if there was any news about me that I had to know.

His cell phone rings, and then he excuses himself and leaves the room. He talks for a couple of minutes before returning.

“You will leave for Sardinia...