This will be the final chapter! I'm sorry, but I can't figure out where to go after this. This story was short, I know, but I'm happy it came this far. I've loved writing this and I appreciate the love and support this has gotten.
Ludwig's P.O.V.
I had arrived into Italy about 3 days ago. I had been searching for the bar Feli told me about nonstop and I think I had actually found it. I remember Feli once showed me a picture of some of the people who knew him at the bar, and I thought I saw them going into a smaller tavern last night when I was on a bus back to my hotel and I would be heading there today. I caught the name of the bar and I gave it to the taxi driver as I stepped into the small car. He gave me a friendly smile and we set off.
The ride was silent, accept for the low rolling of thunder outside. Storm clouds had started making their way across the sky when I left my hotel. I got a pang of fear in my chest, remembering Feli's fear of thunder storms. The taxi driver stopped and I saw we were at said bar. I smiled and paid him as I got out. I took a deep breath and walked inside.
I walked up to the bar area and sat down. A younger heavyset looking man with glasses and a friendly smile greeted me "ciao!" He said happily. "Hallo. Um, do you speak English? Or German? I don't speak much Italian." I said with a small awkward smile. He nodded and said "yes sir I speak English." With another smile. I pulled out my phone and went to a picture of Feli and myself on Christmas, showing it to him. "This may seem a bit weird, but I would like to know if you know this man. Or have seen him."
His friendly smile dropped a bit and he said "yes I do know him. What do you want with Feli?" I felt a wave of relief wash over me as I said "oh thank god. He may have told you about me. I'm Ludwig." His expression slowly went from concerned to excited. He smiled brightly again and said "oh dio mio! Bonjourno Ludwig! I'm Carlos. Come back here with me please." He lifted the counter up and I walked through as he took me into the back, to what looked like a break room. I heard the small click of a camera but shrugged it off.
He pulled a seat up for me and handed me a book. "This is his picture book. I assume he told you about this?" I nodded and opened it up to see pictures of Italy smiling next to different bands such as Aerosmith, KISS, Black Sabbath, ACDC, and yes of course, The Beatles. I took a minute to stop and look at that particular picture.
I spent about 10 minutes going through the book and in walks a woman, looking to be in her late 30's or early 40's. She had on an old warm jacket and she couldn't have been more than 5' tall. She had a determined look on her face, but gave me a gentle smile. She held her hand out to me and I stood up to greet her. "Hello Ludwig. My name is Myra Arquette. Feliciano has told me so much about you." She smiles and I kiss her cheek. She looks to the other man and nods. "Well let's go see him then." She walks out the door and I wave goodbye to the other man and he waves back at me. I follow her out to her car and we get in. I buckle up and she starts up the ignition.
As we are going down the road, she says "I want you to know something." I look over at her and she continues, "Feli loves you. He loves you so much. When he didn't tell you about what he was going through, he was putting you before himself. He has a very big heart and when it comes to the person he loves, which is you, he would walk to the ends of the earth just to put a smile on their face. He didn't want to put too much on you. He would rather hurt in silence than to voice his feelings and disturb you. You have to understand that he either overthinks, or doesn't think. When he begins to overthink things, he gets very stressed out, paranoid, and he loses his usual grip on things. You have to make him realize that he shouldn't always put people before himself and that it's ok to be worried about himself. Make him realize he is loved."
