XVI
That afternoon, Mario Mazza arrived at the Maggiore Hospital to be with his brother and, towards the evening, Luigi heard his brother saying: “Do you remember anything about the accident?”
The question floored him, not knowing what the topic of the conversation was.
“Accident?”, asked Luigi back, “What accident?”
“You’re here because you were involved in an accident on Bologna’s orbital road, up on exit 7. Don’t you remember?”
Luigi looked at him with the typical expression of someone who hears something for the first time.
“No, I don’t remember anything about this accident. When did it happen?”
His brother looked at him a little bit worried.
“Are you sure? Not even vaguely?”, he asked.
“Mm… no, I’m sorry”, answered Luigi.
“I see. I’ll try to talk about it with the doctors th
