chapter 13

the evening passed quickly we saw the film which to please everyone was a fantasy and we ate a sandwich on the street at ten o'clock we were at home.

before sleeping he calls me

"see you tomorrow?"

"if I leave early yes"

In the end we stayed that we'd talk to each other around noon....

so if I left early we would meet for lunch, the only drawback was that in addition to the books I had to bring a change of clothes, I changed in a bar near the school and gave the backpack either to Lilly or Sara.

If I gave it to Lilly I'd stop by her house to do my homework, if I gave it to Sara she'd take it to my house, and this went on for about fifteen days, then one Friday morning Lilly said to me, "Why don't we improvise?

"What do you mean?"

"Let's go to his office and tell him we'll buy him lunch!"

"OK, I'm in!"

"It's not far from here anyway, let's see if Sara will come with us".

Sara happily agreed so as not to embarrass my friends I changed my shirt, put on my lipstick and off we went....

I was still thinking how she would react when she saw us when I heard Lilly say "park here".

we get out of the car and find ourselves in front of a very tall building all made of glass "wow" says Sara

"waw" I comment

"haven't you ever been here before?"

"no we always meet outside"

if the outside was astonishing, the inside was even more luxurious, with a black and white marble floor, and even the reception desk was made of black marble. It had no chandeliers, but a low roof with spotlights. lilly walked quickly to the lift, but the girl at reception called her "Miss, where are you going?

"to roberto d'angelo"

"Just a minute ... Yes, he's in the office." "Okay, thanks."

"Shall I tell him?"

"No, there's no need."

So we get into the lift and I see her press number 25 when we get to our floor the doors open and once again we are shocked by the luxury that is there

"without you two making those faces, then if you go to the thirtieth floor what are you doing!"

"What's on the 30th floor?" I ask.

"It's all for the big boss, he's so pompous!"

"You mean this whole building is his!"

"Yes, together with another dozen scattered around the city, now shut up, we've arrived" we had walked almost all the way down the corridor and we find ourselves in front of a black lacquered door, we enter and there's a lady in her forties in a tailler welcoming us "good morning".

"Hello, Clara. Is my brother free?"

"Yes, should I tell him you're here?"

"No, no, I'll do it", she walks up to an opaque glass door "come in" she says to us who are behind "yes" she says, opening the door, he lifts his head and says "what are you doing here!"

"You mean us!" he said, opening the door wide. When he saw me, he was a bit stunned.

"Didn't you like the surprise?" I said, approaching him.

"No, it's just that ... I was working and didn't expect to see you here ... by the way, what are you doing here?"

"We came to see what you were doing and if you want to have lunch with us".

"It's not time yet, it's ten minutes".

"Mummy, you're so annoying, are you coming with us or not!" said Lilly.

"Yes, I'm coming, but you have to wait a few minutes".

"Where do you want us to wait for you?" I asked him, he didn't even have time to answer when I saw a handsome blond boy with green eyes who looked out and said "roby said giovanni if you want to go to lunch together".

"I already have company for today, would you like to join us".

"That's fine with me, I'll see what Giovanni says and let you know".

"You don't mind, do you?"

"no no"

after a few minutes he receives a message "ok where?"

"At the usual place" he replies

"OK I'll see you there"

"Come on, I'll show you a new place. Did you come by bus?"

"no with my car" Sara replies "come on, let's go with mine, otherwise you won't find a parking space on the way back".

"we're leaving after lunch anyway, you go with him and we'll follow you", Anna said, turning me red, so I went with him and they followed us.

"Lilly, why didn't you like it?" something told me he wasn't happy that we were there.

"No, I would have preferred to wait to introduce you to my colleagues in the office, don't mind if they make a joke, they're not very civilised outside the office,

"ah yes," I said, laughing, surely he was making fun of me.

"you see I'm serious, not so much Giovanni, but Dario, the one who came to say it, he can be heavy-handed".

"Then why did you invite them?"

"

because lately I don't count them much, it seemed bad to me... we arrived".

he had taken us to a small restaurant where he seemed to know everyone quite well and to be quite familiar because when the waiter arrives he says "today in the company!"

"yeah and john and dario still have to arrive!"

"OK then I'll wait to bring the menu"

"yes wait"

"Can you just bring something to drink?" said Lilly.

"what can I get you?"

"two cocacolas"

"OK, I'll bring them right away"

"I'm so thirsty I'm dying", he said "at least your colleagues are nice or we have to have lunch with two zombies?"

"Watch out, they're coming!" he replied.

In fact, a little later they arrive, they're not bad and when they arrive, the one who I think is Giovanni says "you should have said before that there were such beautiful girls at lunch".

"I didn't know either. ."

after the introductions we sat down to lunch I immediately noticed that giovanni was looking at lilly even when she wasn't talking to him.

Based on what he told me, I knew they were holding back a lot because they didn't say a word out of place.