Eight Chapter
A Reflection of that terrible image
They had breakfast in silence. Aunt Ida left them alone, but first she hugged Elio from behind the chair.
Gaia was already at work and she came into the kitchen solely to check upon her brother. Libero nodded at her and she went back to her business.
Libero did not abandon his cousin for the entire day, hoping that in this way he would break his silence.
Only in the afternoon he let Gaia spend some time with him since they were meant to go together to the group's usual hangout spot.
They were the first who had got there. The main square was empty. It wasn't long before a light blue vespa appeared at full speed. It was one of those vintage vespas that you see in museums. Yet it was shiny despite some stain of rust on the mudguard, on t
