Bonus Scene: White Nights

Matteo thinks he has found Lucia a book. By the time he carries it home from London, the gift has become evidence of a longing he cannot yet name.

Placement: This scene takes place before Chapter 1: Shattered Soul in Beneath the Weight of Water and after Chapter 1: Work of Fiction in Inherited Shame.

Matteo

“I admire your commitment to making this unpleasant.”

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By the time Matteo escaped Bond Street, he had acquired Cartier diamond knot earrings and the three-interlocking-band bracelet. Carol would like the jewelry. He had remembered her wrist measurement from the Christmas before, although the saleswoman seemed impressed enough by that fact to make him regret admitting it.