‘Now, now, Mr Grassetti, don’t let these hypotheses distract you. Our public wants to know how this gripping contest will end! You should therefore take the first card and leave the ace you’ve just put at the bottom of the deck, where it belongs’.
‘How dare you?! I...’
The sharp pressure of Bleda thumbing his collarbone silenced him. The man to have mentioned Toulon swept towards Irina to have Bleda leave Grassini be, but Ziani hit him in the stomach. The devastating blow had him bend over on himself like a broken accordion.
‘Take this corrupt piece of filth away!’ Ziani ordained to officer Maggi.
Irina, who hadn’t missed a beat, turned to Grassini as if he were nothing and said:
‘Now, do you want to unveil that pitiful little card before you soak it that much, it becomes un
