Chapter 4
“Let’s go exploring!”
She’d managed to tiptoe past Ridley’s room, only to find him waiting in the café wearing a foam smile from his cappuccino. Resigned to her fate, though it didn’t seem a particularly evil one, Erica joined him at the table close by Snoop’s dog bed and a window overlooking the vertically-stepped vineyards.
Snoop gave an excited whimper, so she scratched his head and he thumped his fluffy tail against the bed.
Ridley gave an excited whimper and leaned his head forward.
She considered dumping his hot coffee in his lap. Her smile must have given her away because he desisted, then answered her grin.
Yesterday they had run the gamut of Corniglia, which wasn’t saying much as it was a tiny hamlet with five streets. But it was geared for tourists and, with Ridle
