The following morning Tasha woke up early and spent the entire day doing some last minute packing. She moved all boxes she was donating to the Salvation Army outside on her front patio. The rest of the boxes the shipping company was to arrive later on in the day to ship her belongings to Italy. Staring at the for sale sign in her yard she couldn’t believe all of this was happening. The airport shuttle would arrive at her home at 8:00 a.m. in the morning and she wanted to make sure that when it arrived she was ready to go.

Alice had called Max and let him know she wouldn’t be at work. Sitting at home with the curtains closed she stayed in bed all day occasionally getting up to refill her wine glass. As she lay in bed clutched in her hand was the wedding ring and necklace Tasha bought for her years ago. She remembers the day they got married like it happened yesterday. Her anger and frustration wasn’t aimed at Tasha for leaving. If it had been her she would have jumped on the job opportunity to. The anger and frustration that she felt was directed at her. Tasha was leaving to start a life in another country all because she couldn’t muster up enough courage to tell her how she really felt.

The day had finally arrived Tasha got up early to shower and prepare for the arrival of the airport shuttle. She wanted to be comfortable but not to relax when she flew so she put on some black cargo pants, a white v-neck shirt, and a pair of all black Chuck Taylor Converse sneakers. After she was dressed she feed Winterfell and let him outside to use the bathroom. While Winterfell was handling his business Tasha looks at her truck. It still wasn’t up and running but her brothers would be picking it up and towing it to their mothers house. They wanted to come and see her off but Tasha knew that would be hard so she said her goodbyes over the phone. After he was finished she loaded him into his dog crate and she hears the honking of the shuttle letting her know it was time to go.

Hearing a knock at her door Alice gets up and opens it and sees Tina. Tina immediately notices her swollen eyes and puffy cheeks.

“So you’re really going to let her go without saying goodbye?”

Not able to say a word Alice breaks down crying and hugs Tina. Tina heartbroken for her friend wraps her arms around her hugging her back.

Tasha arrives at the airport and checks in her bags. Winterfell is just as excited when they board the plane. Finding her seat she places her carryon luggage in the bin above her head and then takes her seat. Reaching into her pocket for her music player she finds some music, pops in her earphones, and relaxes waiting for takeoff.

Tasha slept the majority of the flight when she arrived in Italy she immediately fell in love with the culture. Heading to the terminal to retrieve her bags she stands off to the side to await her turn. When she sees her luggage she grabs it and begins looking around to see if she could find Ms. De La Cruz. After scanning the airport for about five minutes Tasha sees some empty seats. Just when she is about to take her seat she hears her name called.

“Tasha—–Tasha Williams.”

Turning around Tasha sees a beautiful tall brunette with bronze skin and long flowing black hair. She looked like something straight out of a model magazine. She was dressed very elegantly wearing a matching dark purple skirt and blazer. She should enough cleavage that kept a person guessing and she had curves in all the right places. She had hazel green eyes and Tasha noticed every man that walked by damn near broke there neck trying to get a glimpse of her. She spoke with a South American accent and was simply breathtakingly gorgeous from head to toe. Like the men Tasha was finding it difficult not to stare. Noticing Tasha staring she introduced herself.

“Ms. Williams please allow me to introduce myself name is Victoria De La Cruz and it’s a pleasure to meet you welcome to Italy.”

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