Summary

In Chapter 115, Elena is back at the beach, stinging with the truth of her literal affair with Nino and not knowing what to do about it. Pietro immediately questions her, asking what she did, where she went and with whom. He says Dede reported that her mother has a boyfriend. Elena tries to instill guilt in her husband by asking if he must, along with all of his other tiresome character traits, be jealous? This behavior becomes the norm. At a phone booth on the beach, she talks to Nino. He is insistent that she attend a conference with him in Montpellier as proof of her devotion to him. She toys with telling Pietro everything and letting life fall where it may; Nino does not wish to do the same to Eleanora. They argue; Nino makes many excuses as to why he cannot...