Gang of Lovers by Massimo Carlotto

Author:Massimo Carlotto [Carlotto, Massimo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, General, Euro Noir
ISBN: 9781609452797
Google: -uRhCAAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1609452682
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2015-06-01T12:00:00+00:00

The girl came out of the room a few minutes later. She shot me a hate-filled glare through the windshield. I pushed open the passenger-side door. “Get in,” I ordered.

She obeyed. She wasn’t scared. “It’s not what you think,” she said. “We’re in love.”

I burst out laughing. “My name’s Giorgio, what’s yours?”

“Virginia.”

I laughed even harder.

“How old are you?”

“Fourteen.”

“Where do you live?”

“In Udine.”

I pointed to my GPS navigator. “Type in your address.”

“Why are you doing this?” she asked after a while.

“Because at your age you shouldn’t go to bed with men forty years older than you.”

“We don’t have intercourse.”

“Oh, really? So what does your handsome Pierluigi do? Does he touch your pussy, lick it? And do you suck his dick?”

The girl’s eyes welled over with tears. “Don’t talk like that, you make it all sound so dirty.”

I shook my head. This poor idiot was actually in love.

“What are you going to do now? Are you going to report him to the police?” she asked between sobs. “He says that he’s ready to kill himself.”

I gripped her arm and spoke gently. “There’s no need for things to go that far. If he shows a little common sense, I won’t say a thing to a soul, but I’m going to need you to promise that you won’t see him again until you turn sixteen.”

“That’s impossible. I’m his niece. Our families see each other all the time.”

I sighed. “I meant alone, Virginia. No more outings, no more intimate meals in restaurants, no more motels, got it? You’re just lucky I’m the one who found you, someone else could have permanently destroyed your reputations. Do you have any idea of the risks that Pierluigi is running? If you really do love him, two years isn’t really such a long time.”

With that priestly little sermon, I managed to win her trust. She told me everything. Zettina had been wooing her since before she turned twelve.

“You’re an idiot,” I insulted him as soon as I was face to face with him a couple of hours later. “How long did you think your romance with that little girl was going to last? You’re a hop, a skip, and a jump from the border, you can find some girl from a poor family in a shitty village and screw her to your heart’s content, with her parents’ blessing to boot, like all the other sickos do.”

“You don’t understand . . .”

I lifted my fist, ready to deck him. “Don’t even think of trying to palm the star-crossed lovers shtick off on me. Virginia already busted my balls with that bullshit.”

“How much do you want?” he asked in a weary tone of voice. “I have to warn you that I can only pay once, and not very much.”

I slapped him jovially on the back. “Don’t fret, Pierluigi, I’ll be happy to settle for a single truckload, packed to the rafters. Your driver can stop for an espresso along the road and someone with a copy of the keys will make the truck disappear.

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