I looked down again at the duck pond, "But to do that I need to get down from here without dying."
I took a deep breath and stretched towards the open window, my fingers brushed against it a few times. "Come on come on," I chanted until I finally got a good grasp of the window.
The door suddenly opened and instead of calmly letting go of the window and returning to the column, I panicked and almost fell to my demise.
Yes...almost.
Alessandro held onto my hand and I looked up at him with a surprised look on my face. He looked at me, genuinely worried, "Are you okay?"
"You knew I was here?" I questioned in disbelief.
"Dad, what are you doing by the window?"
The sudden voice startled both of us, but I think Alessandro was a lot more frightened than me since he released his firm grasp of my hand almost immediately.
Now...I'm falling to my demise.