Kenzie Anne - Florentine Part 2 -11.11.21- [ SECURE ]

“If I’m erased,” she said, “paint me first.”

She grabbed her coat.

He opened the book. Inside were not words, but sketches. Charcoal and sanguine. A woman’s face, repeated over and over. The same face. High cheekbones, a defiant mouth, eyes that seemed to follow you even in two-dimensional form. Kenzie felt the floor drop away. Kenzie Anne - Florentine Part 2 -11.11.21-

Kenzie reached out, but he pulled it back. “If I’m erased,” she said, “paint me first

They stepped into the Florentine dark, and the studio fell silent. On the easel, the unfinished woman turned her face at last. “If I’m erased

“Why me?”

Matteo closed the book. The rain hammered the glass.