-Vincenzo-
It's certainly weird that the brother of the girl you want to see, is going to call you for a date with her, but given the circumstances in which I left on Thursday, this is the least Riccardo can do. Marcello was about to pull the trigger and he would have done it if Valentina hadn't stepped in. That alone made me furious, how does she get it in her head to do that. Step between me and that gun, he could have shot her. Only when I saw her, the fear in her eyes, I could no longer be angry, but admire. She lives in a world she's way too soft for, but somehow, she'll be fine.
And then I was mad at her brother, who in his right mind would pull a gun so close to his little sister. I shake my head and look myself over again in the mirror.
Tonight I take her out to dinner, in my
