Episode 22 - A SituationMonte Carlo - Nice, France, 27 December
I wake up and think of her again. Soon, she’ll be here, just some miles away in the neighbouring Nice. She will walk the same streets as I do, and breathe in the same air as I do, and admire the same views as I do … Only, in that email of hers, she hasn't mentioned the date of her arrival, but I imagine it must be any day now.
I listen. The house is quiet. It must be early or else maman has decided to sleep in today. Monsieur Moreau, perhaps, too. I get up, throw some clothes on and tiptoe down the stairs. Whistling Domino out of the library, I grab the keys from my all-time favourite Porsche 911 and head to the garage.
I get in the car, lower the rooftop and, lightly pressing on the gas, drive out onto the street. The we
