Today I was the one who woke her up first. We both got up, and then there was the sound of the alarm clock. I was silent like the rest of the house, aligned with the environment.

Erica: Don't you want to come to school today? It's okay to miss it once.

Those were the only words I got from her.

Nadia: No...

We never spoke again that morning. I didn't dare give her a promise I couldn't keep, but also offer her hope. It was gone. All I knew was that I had to get the unnecessary problems out of the way. I would visit the bank today after school and make sure this torment was over at least for her.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I tracked Orpheus early on and made him responsible for coming home with Nadia while I was finishing my job at the bank. Running, and for fear of not getting to their hours of working, I started a marathon.

I can't keep myself from thinking about how good I'd be at the races after so much training. In almost two weeks they would take place and with our enthusiasm grew the perfectionism of the gymnast. Looks like we never won at these school games, but this year he had an instinct.

We just had to trust it. I don't know if I offered him my trust, but I offered it to our abilities. I managed to cross the route in a short time. I'm still panting. Mr. Jason, as I predicted, is not here, but I couldn't locate anyone else from the gathering.

I leave the appropriate percentage of the time to look at everyone there without being curious. Behind the glass surface I found Stefania. Having no idea what we needed to talk about, I approached her confidently. Luckily, she wasn't bothered by a client.

Stefania: Erica? Hey, what are you doing here?

Erica: I realized that you haven't given me your numbers, you and the rest have had a very interesting conversation, and I'd like to repeat that, if of course you'd like to.

Stefania: Oh, okay. I'll write them down for you right now on a piece of paper. Have you done anything? You look completely different.

She looked at me with half an eye, my decision to come here like that was definitely wrong.

Erica: No, nothing special.

Stefania: Yes..

I'm watching awkwardly around the place in case I see something that would have given me the imagination for a more lucrative question while Stefania was writing numbers in straight lines next to names that had no interest in me.

Two seats away, I could see a gentleman talking to a client on the right. He reminded me of someone, was it Dinos? But no, someone else reminded me... The figure barely moves towards me and reveals the top of his face. That was my dad!

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