CHAPTER 2
Emerson
At 5:30am, Em is already WhatsApping the group chat. She wants the Duomo before the people arrive. On a quiet Milan street she watches an old couple walk their dogs — and feels something unexpected. Hope.
AN EXCERPT
5:30am. WhatsApp Italy P3 group chat.
Me: "Buongiorno bitches! Who's awake and up for a sunrise lap of the Duomo before all the people arrive?" Rails: "Morning Em. Aren't we going there for the tour later?" Me: "Si. But I want to see it without annoying people everywhere, I'm very awake and need to move." Rails: "Ah, no people, my favourite." Me: "Meet you in the lobby in 10?" Rails: "Done. Blondie, you in?" Anaiah: "Morning. Yep, yep & yep. See you in 10."
There is nothing quite like being in a new city, early in the morning, watching all the locals go about their normal lives in the same moment you are just excited to be alive and exploring their every day as if you are discovering the pyramids.
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Anaiah
geranium · rich woody notes · hint of cardamom
