Special

Paolo pushed back.

“Livia’s OK. We had something...” he started.

“Something ‘special’ you mean?” Sofia at the other end had to interrupt before he started convincing himself. “Livia has something special alright Paolo and that’s 200K of your money, that’s pretty special... and for doing virtually nothing and taking no risks. Very, very special Paolo!”

“It wasn’t like that...” he defended.

“I’m guessing,” continued Sofia, “I’m guessing you’ve never even slept with Livia either, so you’re not that special, are you?”

Silence.

“Your silence tells all Paolo. You need to get real. And you need to get that money back.