In The Shadows ✔

[50] Cinquanta - New Office

Lexy works on the final touches in Scorpia's office with Dino. She hangs big pictures on the wall and laughs at it. Dino chuckles behind her and says: "She's going to love that. The sweet picture with the little ones, the one with me and Bruno and the one with all of us on top of her. You have done such an amazing job Lexy. It's like I'm looking into her heart."

Lexy turns around to him with a huge smile on her face and says: "I hope she feels the same way." Dino nods and looks around the space with her; white furniture and black chairs. A red accent here and there. One of them being red boxing gloves in an open cupboard. There are pictures of Scorpia and her family everywhere. There are two picture frames on her desk with a zoomed-in picture of her tattoo and Logan's.

Scorpia gets a big white desk at the back of the room, with to her right french doors, that open up to a small terrace with a big lounge sofa and a coffee table. When you walk into the office, Manon's desk is the first you see, she can announce everyone coming in that way. And ask them to sit down in one of the leather chairs in the corner to wait until Scorpia is ready to see them.

The open cupboard blocks the view from the door to Scorpia's desk a little. And Bart has a desk behind Manon. He has some extra screens to watch security footage, weather, and traffic on. He also has a small cupboard to hold all the keys and he's gotten the responsibility for the entire fleet of vehicles.

A round, white table dominates the middle of the room, the perfect place for meetings. A beautiful bouquet of red roses, presented in a white vase rests in the middle of it.

The entire space breathes Scorpia. Her power, her passion, her love. The miniature Harley Bruno once gave her is sitting in the open cupboard, next to a bottle of Scorpion Vodka.

Manon and Bart walk in and look around with surprise written all over their faces.

Lexy smiles at them and Bart says: "Wow. What a beautiful office. And are all those screens really for me? And what are all those car keys doing here?"

Dino walks up to him and says: "You are responsible for our entire fleet now. When someone needs a van or a car, they need to ask for your permission. You will have to keep track of which cars are gone and why. You will also have to take care of the maintenance of all the vehicles, so you're going to be pretty busy. But Scorpia always comes first, okay?"

"Yes of course. Does she know about all of this?"

Dino grins and says: "Yes. She has demanded that you would get that responsibility because she trusts you."

Manon sits down at her desk and runs her hand over the surface. She looks at the phone with a lot of buttons and swallows.

Lexy notices her nervousness and says: "You will get the hang of it in no time. Phonecalls and e-mails for Scorpia will have to go through you first. You need to filter them by importance. And you can only put them through if they really need to talk to Scorpia herself. Annette cleared her schedule this afternoon to teach you how that phone works. But Scorpia is convinced you can do it, so believe in yourself."

She looks at Bart and asks: "And you both understood how things are with Ciro and Dani, right?"

Bart walks up to them and says: "I've made a deal with all the other employees that Manon and I will receive a message on our phones when one of them is in the building and again when they're outside of Ciro's office. But I don't think that lawyer will be here much. I've told Ciro that it would be better if he visited her office.

Bart grins at Dino, who winks at him. Lexy studies the young man curiously and Dino says: "He's quite young. But he can handle himself just fine. He is loyal to Scorpia and an excellent driver and bodyguard."