Ventidue

The next morning, Theodore woke up, he took a bath and left the house without even eating breakfast. His mother was anxious about him, she wondered what was going on with him.

Theodore rode to the palace, met with Fife, and they started work. All through the day Fife noticed that Theodore wasn't himself.

"Theodore, are you okay?"

"Not really, I am not".

"want to talk about it?"

"Not really".

"Hey, guess what?", Fife asked Theodore.

"what is it?",

"My family was invited to the dinner tonight as well. So, you are going to enjoy the pleasure of my company",

"that's nice".

"sadly, Betty will be there too", Fife moaned dramatically. He clutched on Theodore's arm, "you have to promise me that you won't abandon me with her".

Theodore patted his back sympathetically, "don't worry, I will be by your side the whole time". Fife looked up at him. "You look troubled, why don't you take a break and go take a walk in the garden".

Theodore looked at the pile of books on the table, "I can't leave, I s