Sure enough, Jaydon was familiar with everything here. He took Kathy to a restaurant on Parsey
Street.
They sat down by the window. As night fell, the vibe of the city was changing.
The waiter, with long brown hair and gray eyes, came over with the menu and greeted Jaydon jovially.
Jaydon smiled and explained to Kathy, "Every time I come to Rome, I come here. The beef is very
good."
The dish was served very soon. The fresh veal was accompanied by sake. There was melted butter on
the top.
All kinds of aromas mixed together and it smelled wonderful.
The second dish was vegetable salad. The Roman artichokes and asparagus were fresh and crispy,
which went well with a special sauce. It tasted just right.
Kathy took a few bites and asked him, "Where are we going later?"
She already knew that Jennifer let her travel with Jaydon on purpose, so he must know about the
itinerary as well.
"Sicily, that's where we can really get to know Italy." Jaydon looked out of the window with a deep
smile. "For Sicily is the clue to everything, that's what Goethe said."
"You were not a literature major, were you?" Kathy blurted out.
"No, I was a medical student."
Kathy was surprised. She didn't know he was a doctor, too
She didn't care about Jaydon before, so she did not know his major.
The next day, they set off for Sicily.
Sitting in a taxi, Kathy was looking at the quiet city.
There was no noise, no sound, or rather nothing but silence.
As the car drove along the river, old quacking ducks flinched. Jaydon introduced, "This is the Tiber
River."
The river was quiet. It looked like emerald waterfall in this cloudy day.
"Don't you think" He said, half seriously, scratching his head "that traveling with a handsome man like
me, you should smile, instead of pulling an emotionless face all day?"
Kathy answered helplessly, "I'm trying."
She had long been used to an unsmiling face, even a stern one. And there was hardly anything to
make her happy.
"You look good smiling." Jaydon looked closely at Kathy.
...
The plane landed on Sicily.
The car rolled down the streets of Palermo, the capital of Sicily. Along the way, there were baroque
monuments, ornate but somewhat austere church built of huge blocks of stone.
Jaydon wore a casual shirt, light smoke-grey trousers, and a heavy jacket.
The wind coming in through the car window brushed Kathy's long hair.
She turned and looked out of the window. Her hair fell on Jaydon's face, giving him an itching
sensation.
He suddenly had an impulse to stretch out his hand and wrap it around his fingers.
The car drove on until it pulled over by the side of a main road.
Jaydon pointed to a restaurant and said, "You will like the dessert here."
Sicilian cuisine, like the temperament of the island, was a mixture of features yet hauntingly unique.
Fresh caviar, tuna and scallop platters were tender and fresh. And the ice cream pie was soft and cool,
with a sweet taste spreading on the tongue.
Jaydon grinned as Kathy finished the dessert. "It's a lot of calories," he said.
"I'm trying to put on some weight." Kathy smiled.
She had been losing weight and she usually ate less. Now she was in a good mood, so she ate more.
Jaydon looked closely at her with a probing gaze. And then he turned his gaze away and stretched
lazily. "I really want to be with you like this..."
Kathy was stunned. At this moment, it was a little awkward.
She thought she and Jaydon were just friends.
Rather than lovers.
"When are you going back?" Kathy asked indifferently.
"As you wish, I will leave tomorrow."
"What?" Kathy was surprised. She thought that Jaydon would at least travel with her for the entire
journey. After all, it was arranged by Jennifer and Mrs. Young.
"You're going to see the aurora lights. Sorry I can't be with you. I have a lot of work to do back in
Country F." Jaydon wasn't too disappointed. "We have a lot of opportunities to see each other after we
got back."
Kathy twitched her lips and did not deny that.
When Jaydon left, Kathy was actually a little upset. He looked after her while they were together. He
was considerate and gentle.
But there is no denying that she is attracted to him because of his similar temperament and
temperature with Joseph.
She was still thinking about Joseph. It was a terrible thing but it was uncontrollable.
So for the rest of her journey, she was going to let go of that obsession.
Kathy encouraged herself as she continued her journey alone.
Instead of visiting famous attractions on her itinerary, she explored some new pleasures on her own.
Later in the journey, when she arrived alone in the Netherlands, she was different.
Now that she had been tanned a lot, she looked healthier.
She could do basic communication with her imperfect English and eat her favorite food without a
translator.
She seemed to have Jaydon to thank for her good time here.
Kathy was coming out of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam when she got a call back home. It was
late at night there, so she felt strangely uneasy.
It was Karl. His tone was calm. He asked Kathy where she was and said, "Kathy, your mom is in the
hospital. Come back as soon as you can."
Kathy felt her head could explode.
She now knew Jennifer pretty well. If it wasn't too serious, Jennifer wouldn't be willing to go to the
hospital or even be hospitalized. Let alone Karl made this phone call in person.
She asked incoherently what the disease was and whether it was serious. Karl only said that it was a
cerebrovascular disease, and it wasn't very serious, so she did not need to worry.
"I'll book a plane ticket right away."
The ticket was booked on an app. It would take off tomorrow morning. That night, Kathy had a restless
sleep. She couldn't sleep all night.
When she got up the next day, the weather suddenly turned terrible. It was cloudy. She took a taxi
straight to the airport, but it was gray and gloomy in the port city, as if a storm were
coming.
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