When Vee had been around, she had taken some of the madness with competence. She walked around with Matteo on her shoulder, whispering nonsense to him.
But now Vee was back home. Which meant it was entirely up to him and Valentina.
Val was recovering, somehow still beautiful even when threatening to smother him with a pillow if he asked one more stupid question. So Marco had taken the nights.
He reached for his coffee, took a sip. The door opened then. Marco looked up. Luca walked into his office. He looked as composed as ever but Marco knew him well enough to catch the tension around his mouth. "Boss?" Marco said automatically, sitting straighter. He was already preparing himself. Another assignment. Another problem to solve when he barely had enough energy to solve the mystery of where he had left his phone yesterday. Spoiler: Val had found it in the refrigerator.
"No…" Luca said.
Marco paused. Luca shut the door behind him.
"I gotta talk to you."
"What's up?"
