*Olivia*
Everyone deserves second chances.
That had been my policy growing up, one of the core beliefs that had framed my relationship with others. When Alessandro blackmailed me and Gio, we gave him a second chance because he learned from his mistake.
I remembered Becca telling me that she thought she would never be able to forgive James when he'd faked his death to go on the run, leaving her with two kids to raise by herself. But eventually, she said, it just happened.
Forgiveness wouldn't come easy and perhaps, it never would.
This stranger had just stepped foot in the aftermath of my son's first birthday party to absolute dead silence, and I owed it to both myself and this stranger the opportunity to prove he was worth that second chance.
“Hey there," Salvatore chuckled, swi
