Carys
We land back home later that evening. I hadn’t been able to fully look Maxim in the eye the entire flight. I caught him staring at me a few times his eyes twinkling but I refused to engage him in conversation. As Carlo drives us away from the airport he begins talking softly. “Sorry Carys but I will have to leave you tomorrow afternoon. The business acquisition meeting is out of town. And I cannot bring you along. It is designed as a men’s trip.”
“How long will you be gone?”
He looks a bit surprised and I wonder if he didn’t want me to pry. “A week. Franco and Carlo will take good care of you. I’ll speak with you about other details in the morning.” I watch as Carlo pulls between a huge set of pillars with a black gate. Concrete walls line the sides of it. It’s too dark to see muc
