CHAPTER V
A BAD AWAKENING
Franco had loved Silvia since the first time he had met her, in front of that used books stall where she worked while she was waiting to graduate in literature.
They had discovered that they had many things in common that they had quickly decided to get married, and had done so as soon as she had graduated. It was Sissi who had transmitted the passion for reading to him, it was she who made him feel alive, who made him understand that he existed for something. It was Sissi who had given him two wonderful children.
In the wake of these reflections, Franco lingered some more. When he realized that it was almost morning he finally decided to go to sleep and did so with a smile on his lips, clutching a photo to his chest.
His reawakening, however, was anything bu
