Chapter 4 Episode 4

- Excuse me? Catherine mumbled as she made her way through the narrow space between the plane's seats to head for the exit, occasionally narrowing both eyes as she felt a little pain in her back and butt from sitting for so many hours during the flight. however feel some reliefthat it's over, she wasn't very used to getting on a plane, to tell the truth she had never been on a plane and although she was very nervous I can't deny how exciting it was and how not so much it was to sit all the time journey

As he left, a trembling sigh escaped his lips, he was on solid ground.

She was alive

"Finally" she thinks suppressing the desire not to throw herself on the ground and kiss him

It was an exciting as well as terrifying experience that I wasn't so sure I would repeat, and there was still the flight home.

-My God - He exhales and then takes his red suitcase with wheels

Catherine breathes the air of Italy and observes everything around her carefully, at least the airport did not look so different from the one at home, although it is an airport, there is not much difference, different colors and the signs in Italian as well as the language of the people around himwhat made the difference

She notices a woman from behind and a few meters away from her, apparently of the same age, Catherine quickly approaches taking a brochure from the pocket of her jeans containing a small illustrated map of Florence with the routes and others.

-Hello? Can you tell me where it is... - She left the sentence in the air realizing that the woman was not understanding her at all and only getting confused looks from her, then the woman began to say some things to her in Italian and Catherine only understood one thing. word of what he said whilewho looked at her with a smile without desire

"good morning"

"Good morning" in Italian, and he knew that thanks to some Italian novels that he rarely used to see, more because of the protagonists and the feeling of the plot than because of the dialogues or the story itself

It was at that moment when he realized that perhaps traveling to a foreign country when you do not even know the language, perhaps it had not been the best of his ideas, in a second Jean Claude Van Damme, the actor of the "Six Bullets" movie, considers herself a lover of theaction, however now she realizes that the "butcher" will not come to save her like the teenager who was lost in a foreign country

Because first, I wasn't a teenager, and second, this wasn't a movie.

"Please, it's not a big deal" she said to herself in an attempt to downplay the matter, she had already paid for the flight, the memory of Beatriz was the only thing that kept her feet planted on the spot

Catherine headed towards the airport exit and found herself in what looked like a taxi rank, there were many people in the place, many words in Italian flowed around her and she could barely guess some of them, or so she thought, after a couple of minutes he left hisred wheeled suitcase on the floor and sat on it and then thought about how to get to the hotel

With all that, and she couldn't help feeling that she would be easy prey for a kidnapper or a thief in a new city, in a new country, a place unknown as well as fascinating to her.

However, the fact that it is mostly unknown is highlighted.

Yes, he definitely hadn't thought things through very well before making a decision the afternoon before.

- Enough already Catherine! Her words left her mouth before she was aware that she had said it out loud instead of just thinking it in her mind.

- Sorry? Catherine jumped, her hands going to her chest as she suddenly saw a tall, tanned man hovering over her.

"Are you alright Signorina?"

Catherine blinked still with her hands on her chest.

He could feel the thunderous pound of his heart against his ribs.

- Hey! Catherine narrowed her eyes at the man.

-That's no way to approach a person, he could see me scared to death.

The man, rather than affected by her words or embarrassed by what had happened, was simply standing there in front of her with a dazzling smile on his face.

"I beg your pardon, Signorina, I didn't mean to scare you," he said as he squatted in front of Catherine.

At that moment she realized that the man understood her and she understood him, she felt hope begin to grow inside her at the same time that she stood up suddenly, almost unbalancing the man in the squatting position in which he was.

The man widened his eyes surprised by his reaction

- Finally someone who understands me here! -I exclaim at the same time that he took out the travel brochure again and showed it to him

-Excuse me, but do you know how I can get to this hotel? Catherine pointed to the map as if her life depended on it.

Instead of answering her question, the man simply took one of her hands and placed a small kiss on her knuckles.

"My name is Mauricio Ferrara," he said as he dropped his hand and offered her a smile.

-It will be a pleasure to accompany you to your destination Signorina

Catherine smiled and pushed all the fears out of her head as she grabbed her luggage and her bag.

Taking a quick look at the man, he lowered his guard a little, he really didn't look like a possible thief or kidnapper, or something much worse, on the contrary, he looked very nice, elegant despite being informing and he liked him instantly.