Eden-Chapter 2
A booming tenor voice snapped me out of my reverie as I was lost in thoughts of God and the devil, saints and sinners. “Giovanni!” called out a pudgy, balding man, drink in hand and dressed in a forest-green velveteen outfit: Sir Esposito. I must have looked like a lunatic, lost in my own thoughts as I stared, starry-eyed, at the frescoes. I slowly approached Sir Esposito and the crowd of about five or so men and women in their finest dress that surrounded him. He introduced all of them to me in a voice that praised them like the songs of trumpets as though they were gods. Each had a fancy title of nobility after their name, but after introducing Belmonte, Duke of some far away land about which I could not care less, I lost interest and instead turned my focus to Gabriella as she danced a waltz in the torchlight and talked with a man who appeared to be in his late thirties, obviously of a noble background. I could not hear them over the musicians who played their finest symphonies for the crowd. Even though the royal life was something I had dreamed of since childhood, I felt uncomfortable and out of place among these lords and ladies born into nobility. I turned my attention back to Sir Esposito as it was my turn for an introduction. “And, this is Giovanni Romano, my young protégé. I am training him to serve as a future diplomat to the crown of Tiranía'' and he proceeded to tell my story.