Freak of Time, History's Game ( I Medici Masters Of Florence)

Chapter 5

(Some days later)

Marco had wandered for the city looking for her, just to find her on the Ponte Vecchio.
She was staring at the Arno river flowing under her.
"Elena!" He shouted running to her "This is last place I want you to be".
She crosses her arm "I was just looking for some relief. You know that I like staying here".
"Yeah, but after that discovery you'd better stay away from here, from this river".
"I'm not gonna jump into the river" she claimed "Maybe the ghost of Vittoria will rise and take me down...".
He shivered at that thought. Carefully he took her hand "Don't dare think that. Let's go away from here".
She followed him, glad that he found her.
"You resigned? You're leaving?" He asked quite angry.
He just found it out that morning.
"No, I just need some time for myself. I asked for some days off" she explained calmly.
"How many days? And what do you want to do?" He insisted.
"I don't know. Maybe some weeks. But I'll be back, I promise. You know how much I love my job".
"I do. But I thought you were forgetting that story. You said you were moving on" his anger turned into caring. She felt brokenhearted.
She sighed "I tried! I followed also your suggestions, you know that! It's just... I need to stay away from this city for a while. Maybe I'll stop thinking of it, but I have to go".
He bowed his head helplessly "I wish I can come with you".
She bit her lip "You can't. You have to stay here. I'll be back before you'll miss me".
"So you shouldn't even leave, because I'm already missing you".
Elena breathed out and hugged him for a long time, gathering her strength to go on with her decision.

She packed alone. She still didn't plan where to go and stay. She just wanted to leave.
People dear to her didn't have the time to understand what was wrong with her. She was going to keep pretending she was needing a holiday.
That night she took her sleeping pills, already knowing they wouldn't safe her from those dreams. She would have been Vittoria de Medici again, living a story quite different from the legends' versions.