C78 MATTEO’S POV

•MATTEO’S POV•

Anthony kept his hands steady on the wheel, his gaze fixated on the road ahead on our drive back. I, on the other hand, couldn’t stop thinking about what Alfredo said. His words are at me like a parasite. “Look around you.”

He had wanted me to believe there was something—or someone—I wasn’t seeing, that I was missing the bigger picture. And he was right