"Like what?"
I press my lips together. "Like the past... I wish we could have been like this when we were kids, or just before now.I always felt like this, but it was like he never noticed me.Then suddenly he did. I don't get it.He's been treating me like I'm this person he'd do anything to be with, but for twenty-six years of my life he didn't see me."
She gives my hand a gentle squeeze.
"Sometimes things are not always what they seem to be.That's the fundamental lesson I've learned in life and that's why I always follow my heart."
"My heart gets me in trouble," I mutter, and she shakes her head.
"No, it can't. That's other things.Your heart will always tell you what's true, and it's for you to decide what you want to do with the truth.Do what your heart tells you Candace, and don't be afraid to ask the questions you want to ask.People have their reasons for doing things."
I appreciate her words. “Thank you.That helps."
“Happy to help. Now I think you owe me a film.We were supposed to watch Casablanca.”
I laugh. “Okay, I guess we can watch that.” We both love classic films.I haven’t watched one in a long time.It would help take my mind off things for a few hours.
We make our way into the living room and I grab the DVD from my box of films I brought with me.
While she gets the DVD set up I walk over to the bookshelf to grab the tv remote.I pick it up but accidentally knock one of Dominic's notebooks off the table when I bump into it.I lower to reach for it on the floor and a stone drops in the pit of my stomach when I catch sight of my father and uncle's names written on the center.
I stare down at the pad in my hands and feel my heart racing and my breath cutting short.
William and Luccas Ricci...
Dominic wrote their names down.Why?
I'd be inclined to think this is about Richard Fenmoir, but I don't think it is.
There are another three names listed above theirs: Federico Santana, Tobias Navarro, and Peter Dawson.I don’t know who those people are.
Did Dominic find something?
Uncle Lucas... did he find him?
Oh God, what if he did?
What if Uncle Lucas is back?
I feel sick and weak as terrible memories force their way into my mind.
What did Dominic find?