"You don't seem to be looking for adventure," the girl ventured.
"Indeed."
"What are you doing, then, around here at this hour?"
For a moment Carpetti was tempted to send her to hell, but in front of that fresh voice and her smile he found himself disarmed.
"Nothing special. I was just wandering around with bad thoughts," he replied, hoping that she would understand that he wanted to be alone and would go on her way.
The girl looked at him serious for a few moments, in silence, then looked around.
"Well, tonight doesn't seem like the right evening to be working. How about if we wander a bit together? Maybe you could offer me a coffee," she proposed.
Carpetti took a step back, thinking. The last thing he wanted was to spend the evening in the company of a p********e, moreover he had
