Chapter Twenty Four – Silent Picnic. Marco stood in the shower, the warm water easing the tension in his shoulders, he had woken up to find himself wrapped around Eva, that was not the plan, it was never the plan, but somehow his unconscious mind had reacted to her sleeping next to him, wanting, no, needing to have her in his arms, even while they slept. Marco knew his relationship with Eva was beyond the physical, she was changing him, and he did not know if it was a good thing or not. Marco had unwittingly opened up to her, about this place, a place he called home. He had spent much of his early years here, whilst his father tendered to business in Tuscany, setting up the Dovizioso family, he would stay here, wrapped in the love of his mother, and his nanny, Sofia. Never was the