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giovedì 9 gennaio 2014

Spider's Game: Chapter 14

                                                                    14

That morning in late February , I will never ever forget it . When I heard the news I fell into a sort of state of unconsciousness, was doing my duties mechanically , completely alienated from the outside world . The post office was full, but never so quiet as that day. There was a murmur in the background , people were exchanging views and details of what had happened the night before .
Silvano was to give me the news. I found him more excited than usual, around him were Martha and the manager told me when he saw me enter - You heard another murder , this time the body was found in Revolution Square , next to the statue of the Genius . -
"Another murder? God does that is not what I think happened . "
Instead, as soon as I learned who had been killed I was salt . I said nothing , I immediately got to work, I was immersed in my thoughts. " But why kill someone like the professor ? "
What bothered me most was the certainty that I had slipped into a dangerous story . I did not know now what they were involved , if I could still get out. The most important thing was to remove Serena out of danger , he had to stay out of it , we had to stay out of it , I corrected myself .
Every now and then I followed some talk of people waiting their turn , I had not been paying attention to the details of the murder. I had only just the name of the victim to shudder and shut myself . The details were horrid , the victim had been ripped open his stomach , he was bled to death , internal organs pulled out , had been branded on the chest with an iron that had left a mark in the shape of a cross. And to take a mockery of the corpse murderess had put on the victim's head a crown of golden iron . No documents were found , although this has not hindered the identification of the murdered man , was a known person . In the pocket of the trousers was found a sheet of paper, on which a pen with blue ink was written:

Offspring born from the earth in whose belly three rivers flowing here is your king ! 

A gray-haired man with a big mustache at one point blurted out - They want to make us out , it is clear that cater to all the people of Palermo . I'll tell you the Chinese underworld that threatens us ! -
Silvano intervened - But why do you speak of three rivers ? Here, there is only one river, if we must call it that, the Oreto ! -
- Oh no ! - It was the voice of the director - Palermo originally had at least two other rivers , the Oreto , the Papireto and Kemonia . The last two were buried at the end of the nineteenth century . -
The discussions continued , I did not even have the strength to follow them , silent proceeded with the work , when I saw Serena join .
He could clearly see that it was proven ; was pale , I was looking at him, feces sign and approach my door .
-E ' dead - his voice was choked with emotion - died Professor De Felice. -
- Come on - I said, I left the station , I took her out , we hug I told her that I was well I was upset, I asked her to wait a few more minutes , I was going to end your turn , and we could have lunch together.
- We need to talk , there are some things I need to tell you. -
I had to tell her the whole story , tell her the letter I had received. He told me that I would wait for one and a half at the diner nearby.
Finished work , I rushed to the appointment, where I found her , she was wearing big sunglasses that covered most of his face .
We headed to an isolated table , took place .
Serena reached out and squeezed my hands, had frosts.
I told her everything . He removed his glasses , his eyes were red .
Andrea - I'm scared , I'm scared for you. Have you seen how small the professor ? -
Yes, De Felice has lied to us , you were right . He knew something about the death of Leo . He made those speeches to appear airhead. In the more they burned the house , there must be a story, a secret that he regards the engineer Leo and perhaps other people , that should not come out. -
- Do you think then that the engineer is also involved 
Tommasini ? -
- I do not know , maybe it's really just a coincidence that two people have died in four present in that photo. Or maybe not . And because the things that I told you I have some suspicions . -
- But then, do not go to him. May be involved or may be involved. Do not go , throw that picture , I get the feeling that these men hiding something terrible . -
I thought for a moment the image of the corpse of De Felice that I had seen earlier in the paper. " Dead bled " I shivered and had also burned the apartment.
Serena said, well, hiding something, something macabre. And then what did it mean that ticket addressed to the citizens ? " But the king of what?"
The owner of the diner turned on the television , the media leaped on the news , television lounges full of criminologists , VIP guests and journalists who were speaking on the subject aroused and captivated throwing connection to Palermo . Interviewed passers-by, students, people in the area . No one had seen anything . They tried to figure out who the victim was , if there could be links to the first murder . And there were so many connections , both killed by a ' stab , abandoned on the street under the two symbols of the city. And then the presence of that cross .
The murderess had left his signature. It was now certain that it was a serial killer . It would have stopped ? And what message he wanted to leave to citizenship ? It was a sect that drew on the Beati Paoli ? It was only the action of a madman ? You could see a square Revolution invaded by television cameras and curious. And at the center of all the fountain of genius wrapped in a blanket sitting on a rock with a crown on the head with a snake that squeezes its coils the body , the snake eats his chest and his eyes turned towards the sky . He was always identified as the protector of the secular city. The Square , also known as the Old Plan of the Fair previously upheld a fountain dedicated to Ceres, only in 1687 following the transfer of the monument dedicated to Ceres walk to the Marina , the Genie was placed in the center of the square on a marble pedestal . After the suppression of the Kingdom of Sicily, with the riots of 1820 and 1848, the square was the scene of riots : the people gathered around the statue to protest against the Bourbons . The revolutionaries cloaked genius of the Italian flag , making the deity and the personification of the city of Palermo symbol of the desire for freedom. He then became a figure complementary to the religious patron of Palermo, Santa Rosalia . This marble statue seemed to regain a popularity that exceeded the boundaries of the island.
They had returned to the Beati Paoli ? The city was excited , everyone had forgotten that the basis of all there had been a victim killed in an atrocious way , a man who had made a slow and painful death , bleeding and with the bodies coming out of the skin. And as for the death of the engineer Leo , it was a person uncensored , educated , an architect who taught at the University of Palermo. A quiet person , routine, a bit ' lost in his speeches that at times seemed inconclusive . I thought of the meeting I had with him in January. That war between science and religion that was being fought . But for the rest of the man , the only defect that could have was to be a big eater . He had no family , lived alone in an apartment in the center. That apartment that had been set on fire , probably by the same hand that killed him , to erase the evidence, perhaps things that belonged to a past bulky and compromising. Yes, the murderess wanted to remove all traces of this past. I was giving trouble, because certainly I had walked into something dangerous , maybe I was the only one, besides the protagonists of this act of violence , which could have a vague idea of what was happening . And Tommasini knew ! I had to talk to him, hoping it was not one of the members of this sect that was sowing terror. I did not say my true intentions Serena , not to make them run more risks , the engineer would have gone home today , just finished work , I would have spoken clearly , I would have warned and I would definitely come out of this.
We got up , paid the bill , before returning to the office , I told her that the best thing would be to forget the whole thing , that I sent in an anonymous picture to the engineer , in doing so , I might not have had more problems .
- Andrea , be careful - he said, he seemed to know that I had just lied , her eyes became bright. That woman could read my soul.

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