chapter 22:
"are you nervous?" asks adam.
it is time for adam and rose's return to london.
it's the afternoon, and the airport is surprisingly crowded.
she shakes her head. "nothing went wrong the first time so I'm assuming nothing will this time, as well."
adam gives her head a kiss as they stand in line for their check-out.
rose gets an eerie feeling when the worker whose nametag reads 'jenna' says, "sir, I'm really sorry, but there's a delay in your flight of 3 hours" giving them a tight smile.
"why? is there a problem?" asks adam, his brows furrowed.
"there was an issue discovered by the crew who are doing their best in fixing it, right now" she says.
adam takes a look at rose to read how she's feeling. "you okay?" whispers adam.
rose nods her head, "we can go eat, sweet boy."
and adam gives jenna a tight smile, "okay, grazie."
he hovers a protective arm around her shoulder when they're waiting for their lunch.
"are you ready to go back to london?" she asks.
"so ready. I miss work" says adam. "really?" her tone surprised.
"yes, you don't love your work?" rose shakes her head. "who would want to go back to work and not stay in milan?" giggles rose.
"I suppose, myself." he giggles.
"silly boy." she tugs herself close to him.
adam takes a sip of his soda and asks, "can I ask you a question?"
after rose nods, he asks, "did you feel like you were still my priority when we were with my family?"
she furrows her brows, "honey, where did this come from?" rose answers with a question instead before wiping her fingers with a napkin to hold his hand.
"just answer the question" mumbles adam.
without hesitation she says, "there is not one time where I felt like I was not a priority to you. life with you is a dream" says rose.
"I don't know" he says, unknowingly. he carries on, "I didn't know if I did a good job in taking care of you or not. are you sure you had a good time?"
rose laughs, "the best, my sweet boy."
"I'm actually scared, if I'm honest." rose didn't mean to say this out loud because she knows adam will grow worried now, but out of her nerves, she said it out loud.
"why? no love, don't worry, everything will be fine."
she usually believes everything adam says but, for some reason, she can't, not this time.
this time, the man sitting next to adam looks like he'll throw up any minute, and his children have been coughing and sneezing for the past 5 minutes.
the lady behind rose has her inhaler out and it's really hot in the plane.
"can you breathe, baby?" adam asks rose when he feels like her breathing has changed.
"I don't know" mumbles rose because she genuinely doesn't know.
adam quickly checks her pulse and helps her take her jacket off.
adam doesn't feel like himself, that when someone offers to help give rose a sip of water, he says, "are you seriously going to give her water when she can't breathe? she can't drink nor eat anything."
