Chapter I: Friday September 5th, 2014
It was all day that Nives hadn't eat anything: after the gigantic full breakfast at the hotel, at first she hadn't been hungry and, later, the growing emotion caused by the approaching fatal hour of her encounter with Richard Armitage had her stomach closed.
Richard Armitage... the actor for whom Nives two years ago had lost her head like a teenager, despite her being in her forties.
The famous actor played Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's praised cinematographic trilogy The Hobbit, which last part would be released in December. Before that, he had worked on many television productions, successful but mostly confined in the British market, playing a great array of characters, who went from the romantic Victorian gentleman to the hard special enforcement soldier; but it had been only with the celebrated cinematographic fantasy saga that he had hit worldwide fame, which gave him the chance to finally realize his true desire, that was to play theatre in a top level production. This was what he was doing right now, playing the protagonist of Arthur Miller's drama The Crucible for the prestigious London theatre The Old Vic.
When Nives heard about it, she thought she would immensely like to go and see him; after all, from Venice to London it was only a two hours flight and, with the low cost fares, one could really pay little money; but she would never had found the courage to actually do it if not for Lorraine, her French friend who lived in Venice for over ten years, who encouraged her to realize her dream and offered even to accompany her.
And now there she was, in London, in a hotel room, changing to go to theatre and later to wait for Richard outside the stage door, with the purpose to get an autograph and a picture together as an everlasting memory; she had also a gift for him, a prestigious ceramic of Nove (*), in the hope that he would like it and take it to his home, a memory of a fan who went such a long way just to see him once in her life...
Her hands trembled slightly, beginning her preparations: transparent stockings, invisible but which made nice legs; black slingbacks decorated with white crystals and beads, and ten centimetres [4"] high stiletto heels – never before Nives had worn such high heels; red satin skirt with a matching lace underskirt; jewel-watch, necklace and earrings, all of white crystal; and the centrepiece, a very romantic snow white corset, with tiny twirly sleeves one could lower on the arms to stay bare-shoulder. She would probably be very uncomfortable, but for her idol, this and much more.
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