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What?

He makes a spin gesture with his hand.

CONNOR

You’re supposed to throw them with your back to the fountain.

CECILIA

Why?

CONNOR

Don’t question the gods, my dear.

Cecilia GIGGLES and turns around.

She tosses the first coin over her shoulder. It lands in the fountain with a SPLASH!

CONNOR

So, you’ll return to Rome.

She throws in the second. SPLASH!

CONNOR

A romance!

She’s about to throw the third when the air fills with the wail of SIRENS.

Cecilia and Connor are distracted as a POLICE CAR rushes past and stops at a building on the corner that houses a small bank.

CECILIA

Do you think...Is it one of the robberies?

CONNOR

Potentially.

CECILIA

Is it wrong that I’m intensely curious?

CONNOR

It’s one of your more attractive qualities. Shall we see what it’s about?

Cecilia nods enthusiastically, palming the last coin.

CHAPTER 8

Is It Dangerous to Break Bread with Someone Who Wants to Kill You?

As Emma’s scream echoes through the day, Harper starts to reach for her smoking phone.

I grab her hand. “Wait, no, you’ll get electrocuted.”