Chapter 25

(Renata Pellegrini)

As the car approaches the company, I feel a chill run down my spine, my hands are trembling and my breathing is getting more and more labored. Just imagining the conversations that will take place as soon as I get out of the car makes me frustrated.

I glance at Filippo and he doesn't show me anything, it's like he's been a wall, since we left the store, he's kept quiet.

I begin to feel guilty. I know what the attendant did is wrong, but that doesn't justify the way I spoke to her... Shit... I hate feeling this way.

“We are very close to the company.” I comment, I give him some time but he doesn't answer anything and doesn't even look away from the road, I take a deep breath, “I think it's better to leave me here, I won't have to walk far, it wouldn't look good to see me arriving in your car, people are very mean with their opinions and the gossip....”

“I don't give a shit about other people's opinions; you should do that too.”

“Oh, I get it,” I try to appear calm,