Chapter 31 - Adam Fiore - Part 1

***Arguments and marriage.***

After the hotel employee brings me some ointment for bruises, I get ready again because I needed a shower so that I don't explode with anger at the doctor. I head downstairs to where lunch will be.

As soon as I arrived at the pool area, everyone was already at the table. I approached it with some excitement. For the first time in my life, I feel insecure being around people; what my sister told me affected me! Because I'm a sensible person and I think before I act. I mean, a lot of the time I don't use common sense. I take a deep breath and walk across the table and sit next to her; I don't even know why, but my name is there.

" Oh, the broken jaw! " Jullyete speaks loudly, making her voice stand out from other people and thus drawing attention to both of us. "You look sexy with that crooked nose," she says and sticks her fork in the tomato, biting the poor one in a frightening way, while wagging her eyebrows.

" Thank you, women fall for men with bruises," I say and wag my eyebrows, joining in on the joke.

Everyone smiles, but the handleless suitcase that Lunna carries still looks like someone who ate it and didn't like it; it even looks like she sucked on a sour lemon.

" Bro, even with a crooked nose, women praise you," Daniel speaks with false indignation, and once again, the starchy doctor rolls his eyes, mumbling something.

" There are people who don't even have a perfect nose; they attract attention, as I call it, having a broken nose," I say irritated.

" Let's change the subject? " Kéfera says, adjusting herself in the chair. "I think it's time to reveal who our partners will be."

My sister looks at me, and I nod positively for her to continue. I know she is nervous about her friend's fiancé's reaction, but we will see the circus burn.

" Okay, so… " she says and looks at each person at the table. "Guys, I put together the pairs according to the important people in my life and how I got to know them along the way. You are all important, but I hope you don't get upset by the choice of your partners." She takes a deep breath and looks at Kéfera. "Kéke's date will be Daniel, any objections?"

" No," the two respond together.

" Jully will be Jon, do you agree?"

" Yes," they respond.

" Kaio's partner will be Samantha," Kim just looks at the two who agree.

" Lunna will be Adam's date," as soon as she says it, I look at Lunna to observe her reaction, and her eyes are wide.

" My, my, my, my! " Kéfera and Jullyete scream together.

" Is everything okay with you, Luna? " my sister asks.

" I have no objection to this, and I won't give up being your godfather! We've been saying this forever, so I'm not passing on this task," I say it to make it clear that the irony will have to swallow me.

I know I used the part about our childhood as excuses, but he has to understand that I'm his brother and that he won't have a choice between me and him, much less with Lunna. I know she loves my sister and wouldn't abandon her like that, I also want to show that doctor, nose in the air, that I don't need to steal his wife to have her by my side.

"Is Luna?" my sister asks her.

"It's... Okay."

"Alright, hello! I don't accept this, not after everything that's happened. I had to go in with her and not him," Romolo says, pointing at me.

"I'm sorry, man, but my position is not up for negotiation and as I said, my sister and I have a pact for years."

"Then find another godmother to take my bride's place! Lunna, pack your things and let's go."

"What?" everyone at the table asked, and Lunna looked at him in amazement.

"Why are you doing this, Romolo? I won't leave my friend in the lurch."

"She can find someone else, she can call someone from the hotel or even a random guest! I don't accept seeing you go in with him."

"He arrives!" my sister shouts, slamming her hands on the table and standing up. "Stop freaking out, Romolo, behave like a man! It's Lunna who decides here, I called her to be my godmother and you don't give her orders," she turns around looking at Lunna. "Now friend, it's up to you, and if you want to leave, I'll understand perfectly."

"No! I won't give up being your godmother; you are my sister, and the girls are the sisters I didn't have. I'm not leaving at an important moment for you," she says, and he stands up abruptly from the table, throws the napkin on the plate, and looks at Lunna, then at me, leaving towards the hotel entrance.

"Romolo, wait!" Lunna shouts, gets up, and goes after him.

After a while, she comes back, but before she approaches, my sister and the girls get up and go to her, hug her and wipe her face; they were definitely fighting. She approaches us with the girls and sits down, we start to eat lunch, and the conversation flows as if nothing had happened.

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Everyone has left, and it's just me and Lunna at the table. At no point does she look at me. She gets up to leave the table, but I stand up and hold her arm. Her gaze goes to my hand, and I do the same. Then I look into her eyes, and they are full of anger.

"I'm sorry about yesterday, Lunna. I was too drunk, and I said nonsense," she pulls her arm.

"You made a joke, Adam. Besides..." Lunna doesn't finish saying, and I know she would say that her and Romolo's relationship hasn't been going well since yesterday. If it had been, he wouldn't have behaved like that. "But I'm sorry, just be careful and think about people, okay first?" Luna smiles, and I know it's not a real smile.