Giovanni
“Is it normal to wear the tie so tight?”
I clear my throat as I pull at my tie again, feeling like it is cutting into my throat.
Valerio laughs, pinching my tie, and shakes his head. “It’s perfectly fine. You are about to hyperventilate. That is all.”
I scoff, slipping into my jacket as I walk to the window. “I don’t understand why they can’t just have us walk in together. I mean, where did they bring her?”
“Calm down. It’s tradition. They will call her in after the first discussions and blessing with the elders,” he explains to me, wanting to calm me down with information that I already possess. “At least you are not a Degli Baronesi, or you would be choosing your favorite knife at this point.”
“What the f**k,” I mumble under my breath, watching the people scurrying o
