

Even after all the explanations, it still left a bad taste in my mouth. Yes, yes, he said that he might have left Italy if he had heard her voice and come back, but that's a bit hard to digest. To generalize this, we have all been in his place, wanting things that we can't have.Īnother part of the book that I would like to dissect: Not keeping in touch with her when he went to Italy. For two years, he hurt her, neglected her, and when she finally grew a backbone, she was suddenly desirable. He called her childish, even when her reaction was valid and deserved. He was sorry and expected Theresa to get in line with his new plans. It's not as if you have treated me like shit for the past two years."Īnd throughout the book, he did this.

"Oh yes, let me bend over backward and be accommodating to you. It's as if he expects her to forget everything and say: What pissed me off is the transition where she is supposed to start forgiving him just because he now knows she has been blameless all long.

This was akin to Alessandro handing her a love letter. People only have to exist for others to believe that person is in love with them.
