Goodbye, My Love

“I’LL find someone to repair the castle. Don’t try to get Marina out of punishment.”

Marco’s face darkened. Laura fell silent, too terrified to argue. She cried as she watched her daughter being dragged away

The only one who might’ve been able to stop Marco was Liza, but she was still lying in the hospital right now.

Having dealt with his family’s mess, Marco went to the bar to drink.

Jimmie and Slater joined him.

“It is fine, Marco. You just lost some money. You can earn that much back in a minute.” Slater’s consolation was always so simple.

a sidelong glance at Slater, Jimmie clinked his glass

off half a bottle of whisky, but

Jimmie; he didn’t care about how much money he’d lost. Those sorts of Losses

couldn’t stand was the intimacy

began to speak without thinking. “Loraine is just a poor country girl. How does she know so

high-ranking government official, and

It’s weird!”

Jimmie joined in.

is that after Loraine dropped out of middle school, she went to Presal Institute of Art. Who

will. But…” Marco threw back another glass of whisky and then looked at Jimmie calmly. “Jimmie, have you

into thought. “But I know what you mean. ALL the facts and mistruths