Chapter 31

VALENTINA An alarm gently roused me from my reverie, and I awoke to the soft caress of a gentle breeze in the clearing. Despite its soothing touch, my spirits remained low. I let out a deep sigh and lay on the ground with my eyes closed. One month has passed, and I've made no progress connecting with Kira or nature. In fact, since that day, I have tried to reach out to Kira and reconnect with my core strength many times, but I felt even more distant each time. Now, I have begun questioning my own stability. Am I even worthy of anything? Dad's words from a month ago still linger in my mind like a lash. ‘We don't have much time.’ Those were his last words, and since then he has not shown up. Whenever I tried to ask Papa, he said he wasn't responding and changed the topic. I always felt Papa wasn't being entirely truthful. On top of that Carmella and her daughter. Ugh! I just want to strangle the bitches! While Carmella refrained from further significant mistakes after that, aside from so