Chapter 150

Lorenzo woke with a start. In his dream, he had been searching for something elusive, that kept appearing and disappearing, an ethereal vision in blue. Then, just as he had glimpsed of it, he had fallen into a wide, deep abyss. He shuddered. What the hell was that about? The pallid winter sun seeped through the windows as reflections from the Thames play on the ceiling. What had woken me? He recalled the woman he had brought in last night and had a one night stand with. Leticia. Boy, she was an animal. She wasn’t asleep beside him, and he couldn’t hear anyone in the shower. Perhaps she was left already. He listened carefully for any noise within the flat. It was quiet. He grinned. No awkward small talk. The day was looking up until he remembered he had a meeting with his father and one of the directors at noon. At twenty, people always told him he looked and behaved older than his age. Well, he could agree he matured quicker his peers. He was often called a genius. At twenty, he was al