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Chapter 5. Who Is She?
Gianna crouches behind the car for the first ten minutes, trying to stay hidden.
So as to not attract attention, she pretends to look for something on the ground, or to clean the car door with her coat sleeve, or to use the wing-mirror to put her make-up on.
Due to the uncomfortable position, her legs soon start to ache. But unfortunately, there aren’t any other good hiding places apart from the parked cars.
She decides to change strategy. She looks for a bar where she can wait and watch the building. But the only one she sees is on the corner of the street, too far away.
So she looks around and has another idea. She buys a newspaper from a nearby kiosk, then sits down at a bus stop, right opposite the building that Eugenio is in.
She waits. And waits. And waits…
After three hours have passed, Gianna has read every single word in the paper and is in real danger of falling asleep.
Just when she is about to close her eyes, however, she finally sees her husband coming out of the building.
Gianna is suddenly wide awake, her heart beginning to race. It beats even faster when she sees that Eugenio is not alone. He’s now standing on the pavement talking to a woman!
“And who might she be?” Gianna asks herself as she watches her husband laughing and joking with the stranger.
The unknown woman is younger than Gianna, perhaps about thirty. She’s not exactly beautiful but is clearly sophisticated, and alluring! Eugenio and the woman continue to chat and smile at each other, and not at all like mere colleagues or casual acquaintances.
Gianna is now angry and overcome with jealousy. She’d like to march right over and slap her husband in the face but, for some reason, is unable to move.
Hiding behind the newspaper as far as possible, her hands shaking nervously, she takes her phone out of her bag. If she’s not able to go over there, at least she can photograph the meeting as proof of Eugenio’s infidelity!
She taps the screen to activate the camera. Her nerves, along with the reflection from the bright sun, make it impossible for Gianna to really see what she’s taking photos of, but she keeps snapping away. She takes at least ten photos of the couple, even catching them hugging each other!
After a few seconds, Eugenio affectionately bids the mysterious woman goodbye and gets back into his car. The woman walks away.
Gianna waits for her husband to leave, then takes more photos of the woman and starts to follow her. As they walk, one further ahead, one behind, Gianna speeds up so as to close the gap.
By the time they get to the traffic lights, the two women are side by side. Yet right at that moment, Gianna begins to sneeze once more. There’s an intense smell of jasmine – the same perfume she had noticed on Eugenio’s coat!
In the grip of a violent allergic reaction, Gianna searches her bag for a tissue. When she finally stops sneezing, still bleary-eyed, she looks around for her suspect.
But the mysterious woman has crossed the road and disappeared from view.
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