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One day soon she would have to find a way to live with it

She had no idea how she would be able to

Pepe wanted them to part as friends?

She didn’t think she’d even be able to cope with fleeting glances at hih to endure that, to love someone with all their heart and know the recipient would never feel the same way?

All she could do was hold on and hope for a miracle

Miracles happened Didn’t they?

But even if they didn’t, one thing she did knoas that she would not behave as her mother had with her father Whatever happened, Cara was confident her child would never witness the selfish behaviour that Cara had witnessed from her parents Both she and Pepe were committed to that

Any devastation would take place internally

‘I didn’t know you owned a studio,’ she said, quickly changing the subject away fro that could easily make her vomit As she spoke, a sharp stab of pain ran down the side of her belly

‘Are you okay?’ Pepe asked, noticing her reflexive wince

Sucking in a quick blast of air, she nodded

‘You’re sure?’

‘Yes’ As she reassured him that all ell, it suddenly occurred to her that her back had ached all day She’d been so excited about Pepe coht much about it

‘I bought an old hotel a few years back,’ Pepe said ‘I had it turned into a home for artists, a place where they could live and work As you know froe hours The majority live in poverty’

‘What lad of the conversation to take heranything that helped unlock the elo

His htened a fraction before he answered ‘There is so incredibly free within the art world which I have always felt an affinity with Growing up in Sicilyit was like living within a straightjacket It’s probably the reason I enjoy flying so ives me a real sense of freedom Many artists pursue their craft in defiance of their parents’ wishes I wanted to create a space for the to worry about where the rentto come from Only artists who have been cut off financially froible to live there The only other stipulation is that the artist enuine talent’