Chapter 253: Waiting Room ShadowsElena’s POVThe hospital smelled like bleach and old coffee. Bright lights overhead made everything look too sharp, too real. I sat on a hard plastic chair in the waiting room, Livia asleep across my lap. Her head rested on my thigh, small fingers curled around the edge of my sweater. She had cried herself out in the ambulance. Now she just breathed slow and even, like nothing bad could touch her while she slept.Sofia paced near the coffee machine. Back and forth. Back and forth. Her shoes squeaked on the linoleum every time she turned. Matteo sat beside her empty chair, elbows on his knees, staring at the floor. He hadn’t said much since we got here. Just kept checking his phone for updates from Luca. Luca had stayed behind at the villa to handle the police, the cleanup, Anya’s transfer back to whatever cell would hold her this time. He promised he’d come as soon as he could.The clock on the wall ticked past two in the morning. Valerio had been in
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