I've heard that you settled down

That you found a girl and you're married now.

I heard that your dreams came true.

Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?

Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.

Vittoria remembered when she first found out that Robert. She had been sitting down at the kitchen table in her apartment at CERN. Her phone beeped, the way it always did when it had an alert on something or someone she searched often. She picked it up and the message said:

Robert Langdon

She smiled a bit, her glossy black hair falling back on her face. She touched a button and her phone showed the online article.

Vittoria read it, and gripped on the table to keep herself from fainting.

Robert's married.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.

I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded

That for me it isn't over.

The minute she had read the message she had dialed up Robert's number. She needed to hear his deep voice, talking to her, soothing her.

"Hello, this Robert Langdon. Please leave a message…."

Vittoria hung up, too sacred to leave a message for him. She wanted Robert to comfort her.

Just like he had almost two years ago. At the Vatican.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you two

Don't forget me, I beg

I remember you said,

"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,

Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,"

Yeah.

Robert had held her, saved her, and comforted her in the entire ordeal at the Vatican. He made it quite clear that, back then, he would have literally died for her.

But now he seemed to have a change of mind.

Why hadn't she called him back? After meeting her once more in Italy, she never called him back. He had written, left messages for her, and emailed her. But she never responded.

Vittoria knew, deep down, that she had been nervous of a long-term relationship. She was never with anyone for a long period of time due to her hot temper and how well she could do without someone. But Robert was different from the other men she dated. He was patient, educated, brave, strong, courageous, and terribly handsome.

And she had let him go.

It seemed like only yesterday when the Vatican incident happened, but the article said that Robert had been dating another woman after an adventure almost a year since Vittoria last talked to Robert.

Vittoria wondered what adventure happened in Paris…