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What would you do if your father gave away your hand in marriage to settle a gambling debt without your knowledge? Mine did exactly that. But I didn't get married, I conked the guy on the head, kicked my heels off, and hiked up my skirt. 'Chubby legs don't fail me now' is what I muttered just before I fled the little Woodland Church. The only problem is that I may have fled the flames but I jumped right into the fire when I threw myself in the middle of a lonely road into the path of an oncoming car.

Imagine my surprise when I got a phone call demanding to know who TF I was without so much as a hello. I hung up on the prick. A second later a woman called apologizing for him and explaining that my father was in an accident. Problem is, I've never met the man. Not only do I not know him, but I have a half-brother to boot, who is insistent that I come at once. Hopefully, the prick isn't there when I arrive. That is if I go, I haven't decided yet.

No había marcha atrás… Lo hecho, hecho estaba y aunque Aquiles no sabía hasta donde llegaría ni que sucedería, definitivamente, su mundo acababa de cambiar. Su curiosidad, las dobles intenciones, las indirectas y las frases con doble sentido, habían quedado atrás. Ese beso, había puesto patas para arriba a su estructura de hombre hetero. La armadura que Aquiles se había puesto para preservarse y para protegerse de algo que siquiera el conocía, finalmente, oxidada y maltrecha, había caído.

Maggio 2015. Dopo cinque anni passati a studiare a Trento, Vittorio torna all'Aquila per scrivere la tesi e passare un po’ di tempo con i vecchi amici. Ben presto, quello che pareva un periodo di tranquillità impone invece di dover fare i conti con due fantasmi del suo passato recente che non possono più essere scansati: il terremoto del 2009 e la fine della sua relazione con Silvia.