Yesterday evening, he was out in the courtyard with Rosa when we suddenly heard her shout for help. We rushed outside and found Sullivan lying unconscious on the gravel.

Mrs. Stone had desperately asked what happened, but Rosa looked as if she had completely lost her mind, refusing to give a clear answer about why he had collapsed. The security guards had hurried Sullivan up to his room, and Doctor Fiore was brought in to treat him. In the middle of it all, Mr. Stone broke the devastating news that Ginevra was dead.

At first, none of us believed it. But when Mr. Stone showed us the photograph—Gin lying breathless,...