104. Your eyes tell your secrets

Erica

I walked to his office but when I pushed the door open it was empty. I made my way downstairs and found Mario in the small sitting room where Antonio had spànked me for the first time. When he saw me, he motioned for me to join him. “Come on, sit with me. Do you need anything?”

I shook my head. “No. I’m good.” I asked, “Do you know where Antonio is?”

His brows troubled and I knew he was aware of his dark mood. He said, “He went back out to the city.”

“Oh.” I could hear the disappointment in that single word and so did Mario.

He smiled at me as he said, “Ephraim told me what happened today.”

I remained silent, waiting for him to say more. Wanting him to say more. But when he didn’t say anything, I asked, “Can you tell me more about it? I asked Ephraim but he didn’t say anything.”

Mario looked like he wanted to say something but he shook his head. “I shouldn’t. They are not my secrets.”

I could see that he wanted to tell me so I gave him the push that I knew would work. I said, “