Episode 6

Pietro

I leave Valentim's room running, my legs were weak, as soon as I enter my room I close the door and sit on the floor behind it, I didn't know what I was feeling, the kiss had been amazing, no one had ever kissed me like that, with so much desire, his kiss was hungry, it had a taste of mint and cigarettes, I couldn't believe Valentim Esposito had kissed me.

I couldn't understand, is he Bi? Or gay? No, men like him are not gay, men like him would never be with another man, but I could allow myself to dream about him just for me, I get up from the floor and go to my bed, I keep remembering every moment of that kiss, his arms around my body, after a while I finally manage to fall asleep.

I wake up early the next day, I needed to advance the investigations in order to return to Italy soon, I grab my notebook and start investigating, and I end up finding out that some girls had disappeared the night before and one had been found dead, and everything indicates it was for organ trafficking, I send an email to Valentim, even though I wanted to avoid him, I had to work with him.

I take a quick shower and get dressed, I specified in the email that I would only wait for him until 10:10, I go down to the reception and he hadn't arrived yet, but it was still 09:59 so I decide to check my phone, as soon as I grab the phone I see a message from Iago.

🟢Whatsapp on🟢

Iago📲: Good morning angel, would you be up for going out with me for ice cream?

Pietro📲: only if it's in the afternoon, I can't in the morning.

Iago📲: alright, can it be at 15:30? My shift at the hospital starts at 17:00.

Pietro📲: okay 15:30 is perfect for me.

Iago📲: okay, see you later

Pietro📲: see you.

🔴Whatsapp off🔴

As soon as I raise my head I see Valentim looking at me and looking at the phone, I lock the phone and put it in my pocket, I get up from the armchair and speak.

Pietro: good morning, shall we go?

Valentim: let's go, the faster this ends, the faster I can return home.

I walk ahead and he follows closely, looking around the nightclub and seeing that there were some cameras, I ask the shop owners to check the footage and they agree, in the images you could see some girls, but it was impossible to see who had taken them, the victims were the same age range.

We spend the morning and early afternoon looking for something, but we don't find any clues, the video shows when the body of the other girl was left in an alley, but the men were masked, no one, you couldn't see their faces, it was already 15:10 and I had to meet Iago.

Pietro: I need to go.

Valentim: we are here for work, learn to be professional and leave your personal life out of your duties.

Pietro: we won't find anything else here, we've looked at everything more than twice.

Valentim: if you want to go, go, I warned my father to send someone more responsible for a mission of this level, not a boy who just came out of diapers.

Pietro: alright Valentim, if you want to stay here doing who knows what, then stay, but don't call me childish when you are the one acting like a child because of a kiss, you are not gay just for kissing a man, you were probably very drunk which is why you kissed me, I won't tell anyone about it, you can rest assured, but I hope you are as mature as the child here who just came out of diapers and don't tell anyone about my sexual orientation.

Valentim: you know that if they find out that you get involved with other men, the soldiers won't respect you, you will be a disgrace to everyone.

Pietro: Do you think I chose to be like this? For God's sake, stop being stupid, I am no less capable than anyone else because of my sexual orientation, I continue to be the same regardless of anything, don't treat me with inferiority just because you saw me with another man.

Valentim: you are forbidden to get involved with another man, I do not accept this, the mafia does not accept it.

Pietro: You and the mafia have nothing to do with who I go to bed with at the end of the day, learn to be professional and leave personal life out of professional life.

Valentim: Do you think your father and brother will accept you like this?

Pietro: That's my problem, not yours. Now excuse me, I have a date.

Valentim: We will be returning to Italy today at 7:00 p.m., our work here is done. I hope you say goodbye to your friend once and for all.

I say nothing and leave, already running late. I head to the ice cream shop where I had arranged to meet Iago, and he was already there waiting for me.

Pietro: Sorry I'm late.

Iago: No problem, the important thing is that you came.

Pietro: I came to say goodbye, I'm going back to Italy today.

Iago: Already? I will miss you.

Pietro: We can talk on WhatsApp, and maybe you can visit Italy or I can come to Mexico.

Iago: But I will never be able to live in your heart, it already belongs to someone.

Pietro: I don't understand.

Iago: The man from the club last night, you are in love with him, and he with you.

Pietro: You are mistaken. I am indeed in love with Valentim, but he would never look at me, he would never be with a man.

Iago: He likes you, all that was jealousy. I have met many men like him, he is afraid to come out, ashamed to love someone of the same sex. Perhaps he has not yet realized his feelings for you.

Pietro: You are seeing things that aren't there.

We talked and Iago told me many stories about his work. After we said goodbye, we decided to just be friends. As he said, "Your heart has no room for anyone else, it only has space for the tattooed beast." I return to the hotel and pack my things to go back to Italy. The private jet would pick us up at 7:00 p.m. and it was already 6:30 p.m., we needed to head to the runway.

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