Behind The Scenes

8. Hero

Okay, let's buy these fucking tickets. I will take one for me and one for my sister, I asked her if she wanted to come with me and she said yes she is, I will be happy to have her with me.
The phone rings, who the hell is it? Anna? What does she want?
«Anna, hello, tell me everything» I reply holding the cell phone between my ear and shoulder as I look for tickets.
«Hero, where are you?» She asks in a tone that sounds angry.
«In London, why? What's up?» I am getting worried.
«Holy shit Hero! You have to call her, immediately!» She shouts on the other side of the phone.
«The day after tomorrow I'll probably be there, I was just getting the tickets, my sister is coming too».
«This doesn't justify you, you could have called her in these five days at least to ask her how she was. Hero, listen, Jo cries every night without interruption, when she sees something that reminds her of you she bursts into tears and I find myself calming her down every time, in certain moments she cries so hard that she almost suffocates and I always have to fill her a glass of water... she told me it's all your fault but she doesn't even want to tell me what happened, I can't even give her advice».
My heart shatters hearing these words. I mute the call before Anna can hear me cry. I've never cried so much, not so much for a girl. It breaks me to think that all the evil I have caused her is destroying her, I absolutely have to do something.
«Hero? Are you there?»
I take off the mute and clear my throat. «Yes, yes. But is she with you now?»
«No, she went out for breakfast, she said she had to get distracted».
«Oh my God... Anna listen to me, can I come to you as soon as I arrive? Obviously when she is not at home». I need her to say yes.
«So we talk about it together, it's fine perfect, I'll call you as soon as she leave the house».
Perfect.
«When did you say you're coming?»
«Day after tomorrow».
«Okay, bye, we'll talk» and she disconnects the call.
When I'll see Josephine I don't know exactly what I will tell her, I will surely tell her that I love her, more than myself and with all of myself, then I will try to explain to her why I did what I did, it will be hard.
I just bought the tickets, direct flights, mine is one way, my sister's is round trip after a week.
«Mercy! Start packing, a week awaits you in Los Angeles!» I scream from upstairs to make myself heard. I hear her scream with joy, I love her so much.