I had no idea what was really waiting for me on the other side of Vito's promise. All I knew was that he said I could go home once I felt better, so I threw everything I had into getting well. I drank the bitter medicine. I ate the food. I rested when he told me to rest.
I couldn't fully understand what was happening around me, but I could feel things , the way you feel weather before it arrives. And what I felt from Vito and Yael wasn't danger. It was something steadier than that. Something that made me want to stay close instead of run. So I did.
It didn't take long before Yael and I were best friends.
