C12 SELF-CONTROL

I woke at the break of dawn the next morning feeling more rested than I'd felt in a long time. Getting out of bed quietly so as not to wake Luca, who was still

sleeping soundly on the floor, I left the bedroom and went into the kitchen to make a cup of tea.

I sat out on the back deck drinking it, watching the purple sky slowly fade to pink and then orange. I tried not to spend those solitary