Hannibal had been caught. He had attacked Jack, Alana and Will, and killed Abigail.

This was the point of no return. Everyone knew who he was- The Chesapeake Ripper. He had no choice but to flee.

Hannibal thought you would have hated him. Being a serial killer and a cannibal- that wasn't something most would look past. Yet you did, anyway.

So in a spur-of-the-moment decision, he decided to ask you to go with him to Florence, where he was running too.

You surprisingly agreed to go, which is what led to you and Hannibal sitting on an apartment sofa in Italy.