Game of Mirrors
“They finished the antipasti with the help of some ice-cold white wine, which went down like a dream.
The wine gave Liliana the strength to make an attempt to end the stalemate.
“It pains me just to look at you,” she said at one point, smiling. “How can you stand it? Take off your jacket and unbutton your shirt, or you’re going to melt like a ball of ice cream.”
It wasn’t true. The inspector would hardly have broken a sweat even at the equator, but he concurred.
“You’re right. Th...anks,” he said.
He remained in shirtsleeves with his collar unbuttoned. And what was she going to do now? Start some sort of game of strip poker?
Since she wasn’t doing anything, he decided to provoke her.
“And what about you?”
“I can still hold out as I am.”
She was saving her secret moves for later, when the atmosphere would be more conducive.MoreLess
The wine gave Liliana the strength to make an attempt to end the stalemate.
“It pains me just to look at you,” she said at one point, smiling. “How can you stand it? Take off your jacket and unbutton your shirt, or you’re going to melt like a ball of ice cream.”
It wasn’t true. The inspector would hardly have broken a sweat even at the equator, but he concurred.
“You’re right. Th...anks,” he said.
He remained in shirtsleeves with his collar unbuttoned. And what was she going to do now? Start some sort of game of strip poker?
Since she wasn’t doing anything, he decided to provoke her.
“And what about you?”
“I can still hold out as I am.”
She was saving her secret moves for later, when the atmosphere would be more conducive.MoreLess
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