13 Locuras Que Regalarte (volver A Tг­ 3) Alice ... ◎

The first madness was the simplest: she left without saying goodbye to her boss. She simply left a note that read, "I’ve gone to find the girl I used to be," and walked out into the crisp morning air.

Alice closed the book, stood up, and walked toward the water, her heart no longer a cage, but a compass. 13 Locuras Que Regalarte (Volver A TГ­ 3) Alice ...

She took out a pen and a fresh notebook. For the first time in her life, she didn't write a to-do list or a schedule. She didn't write a letter to someone else. The first madness was the simplest: she left

By the sixth madness, Alice was unrecognizable. She had cut her hair in a bathroom in Oviedo, short and jagged, revealing the sharp line of a jaw that used to tremble. She spent a week in a silent convent, not praying to a god she wasn't sure she believed in, but listening to the rhythm of her own breath. She learned that silence wasn't empty; it was full of the things she had been too loud to hear. The ninth madness was the hardest. She tracked down Julian. She took out a pen and a fresh notebook

"I am different," Alice replied. "I'm doing thirteen mad things for myself. This is number nine." "And what is number nine?"