CHAPTER 24
Calling the Bluff The alarm clock rings on my mobile phone. Before I realise where I am, I manage to find it on the nightstand and to turn off ‘The Hight Road’ by Joss Stone that echoes in the whole space. Outside it’s raining and this puts me immediately in a bad mood. There’s no rainy-day outfit that fits a first day in a new working place. Despite the bad weather that is going to welcome me outside the door, I decide to wear my tight dress and high heels, hoping not to fall just around the corner.
While I’m taking a shower, I hear the phone ringing and as soon as I put on my bathrobe I go to check who’s thinking about me in the early morning hours. I already know it will be a message by Giulio: ‘Good morning stranger, are you ready for your first working day? He
