Chapter 143

BEHAVING UPRIGHTLY “I don’t want to talk to you, Alessandro,” I shouted when I received the call but not as loud so as not to wake up George early in the morning. It is alarming for Alessandro to be waiting outside my house peeping in my bedroom throughout the night if that is what he did. Otherwise, how can one be up so soon only to be looking into somebody else’s house is annoying beyond description. “Can you give me the contact information of Naomi’s husband, please?” He shamelessly requests without thinking this through. If that poor girl was interested in him, she had every reason to walk out of her marriage. But she is choosing to stay with Neil because she wants to despite the problems those two have been experiencing. It is much easier for me to bluntly reply to Alessandro right now. So, I say, “No.” No matter how rude it sounds to some, one must have the courage to use this short and simple word without feeling sorry for using it. You are absolutely allowed to use it if you ar