Step one

Emanuele is so embarrassed, so shocked and frightened that she cannot even formulate a sentence.

Little by little she is trying to connect logic with the whole thing: Joshua lived in the same apartment as Johnny, maybe even on the same floor (total bad luck!). Did he go there to talk to him? Yes, they had already settled down after the unfortunate episode of the fight, but it was still strange.

The girl's voice sounded slightly high-pitched when she asked:

"What are you doing here?"

Flabbergasted, Joshua replied:

"I came to talk to my neighbor. And what are you doing here?"

Then the man's eyes dwell on the details: on the slightly flushed cheeks, the messy, barely disguised hair in a loose bun.... And the shirt is obviously too big for the body, with a lack of feminine adornments. In other words, a Johnny shirt.

Emanuele realizes the line of reasoning being formed, but also cannot admit the truth. She puts one of her hands on her waist, trying in vain to be inclement.

"I've been going