Chapter 78

• "Sir... I think something's wrong... she's not opening the door." The salesgirl shivered as she looked at Riccardo.
• He quickly stood up and went in to stand in front of the room he saw his sister enter earlier. He knocked twice. When there was nothing, he tried to listen to her breathing. Nothing... there was no sound. He pushed the door with his shoulders a few times but stopped. He saw that there was space below the door... he bent down... with his eyes closed and lent his head on the floor. He didn't want to believe it, but he opened his eyes in a flash and as he had guessed. She wasn't there. He had known something was wrong the moment he heard her ask him to take her out. He got up quickly and with one hard push the door slammed into the mirror breaking it into pieces.
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