THE NEXT DAY I got up early go to my rental apartment for may day off. Although I didn't want to, I agreed to Alessandra's suggestion. I don’t want him to think I want to always be at home to see Gabriel when he's on a day off.

"Are all your things okay?"

Alessandra asked me, she wiped her mouth before finally turning to look at me.

"Uh, yeah. I only have a few things." I replied timidly, they accompanied me to breakfast. Now that I'm with them again, more often than not I reject Alessandra's offer to avoid the pain it brings me.

"That's good, I'll just send you...