Sleepless Night Page #4

And then you said:

''Even if it takes me all my life.''

Well, maybe that's why l'm here now.

- And what are you involved in now ?

- Nothing. l'm unemployed.

But before, l was working

in a chinese restaurant.

- A young man should have

different experiences. - Really ?

- You never said that to me.

- Where are you staying ?

- l'm staying at...

- ln a hotel.

Giacomo, you could have

stayed here with us !

- Which hotel ?

- Dad, leave him alone.

l only asked him a simple question.

Excuse me, it's maybe important.

Yes...

This is he...

How are you ?

We could make it for tomorrow.

Wait, l'll make a note of it.

Where's my pen ?

Does someone have my pen ?

Use mine, Dad.

Thank you. Ok...Go ahead.

Yes.

- You never drink ?

- Not anymore.

- An alcohol problem ?

- An everything problem.

You see my parents? Mom's kind of out

of it, and my Dad treats me as a boy.

Dad never treated me any way at all.

He remarried and had another kid.

- l was just a trouble for him. - For

mine l'm just a huge disappointment.

He wanted an athlete and me,

l've got pseudoallergic asthma.

He wanted someone different.

So he sent me all over the world

like a parcel.

Four years of college in Switzerland,

private university,

and graduate studies

in lnternational law in New York.

My Dad and l used to have fist fights.

He used to beat my Mom up too.

Have you seen Gloria ?

- Gloria ?

- l told her you're here.

- Does she still play ?

- Yes.

What are nice people like us doing

in a place like this? The smoke!

Oh, my poor allergic baby.

You look great.

As beautiful as ever.

- You never said that to me before.

- l guess l was shy, l was only 1 2 !

Hey, cool it, guys. Gloria's already

got a boyfriend:
name Fausto.

- Chance encounter. - lt wasn't by

chance. We were made for each other.

lt just took us a while

to realize it. Right, Gloria ?

- How's the show coming ?

- Well.

We open next week.

We're doing ''Swan Lake''.

- l hope you'll come and see it.

- Sure. - Sure.

- Giacomo, what's up with the

famous Dwarf ? - The Dwarf is dead.

But someone has brought him back to

life, is that what you mean, Fausto?

- Or it's his ghost.

- Oh, come on, what ghost !

- What are you talking about ?

- You were only 3 years old.

l don't think the Dwarf is dead.

lt wasn't his body they found,

it was someone else's.

He's just been laying low,

keeping very quiet until now.

Quit calling him ''the Dwarf''.

He had a name. Vincenzo De Fabritiis.

lf it comes to that, he had a ''nom

de plume'' as well: John McKenzie.

- Good memory.

- Yes. l had a couple of his books.

- Do we have to talk about this ?

- Why not ? lt's part of our past.

- Do you still live in the same place ?

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