Dazzle Me
By Ofelia Gränd
“You’ll never guess what happened today!” Santino was bouncing on the balls of his feet, gesturing wildly. God, he looked young when he was fluttering about like that. Right in the middle of his sentence he decided it was time to come inside. I managed to dodge his waving hands as he squeezed his way into my flat, completely unaware of the hazard his flailing was causing.
“Erm…”
“Mr. Angello—” he went up on tiptoe and gave me a quick peck “—asked me to come to a meeting today.”
Mr. Angello? Half of Santino’s family worked at the same firm, so it was a bit hard to know which Mr. Angello he was talking about, but given his excitement…“Enrico?”
“Yes, Enrico.” He added some impatient flapping to make his point.
“Then why didn’t you just say—”
“Oh, for God’s sa
