House of Cards

Lucky

“Nooo!” Sydney dropped to her knees in front of me.

I didn’t need to explain.

She fully understood just from my reaction. Arms wrapping around my shoulders, she held tight. Her voice quivered, “I’m so sorry, Luca.”

We sat on the floor for several minutes while I composed myself. Sydney was silent…just there with me.

Kneeling for so long caused my legs to feel numb. I shifted position so that I was sitting on my butt with my back against the couch, my elbow resting on my bent knee. My head felt heavy, and I struggled to keep it up, finally just dropping it back on...