In The Shadows ✔

[51] Hypocrite

Scorpia and Logan walk back inside again and look at all the items displayed in the open cupboard. Bart and Manon come back in too and Scorpia senses that he would like to ask something. "Ask away Bart."

"Well, there are items in that cupboard..."

Scorpia says: "Yes. Items that are connected to me personally."

Bart says: "Yes, Lexy said the same but..."

Scorpia smiles and says: "Come closer. You too Manon." She picks up the bottle of Scorpion Vodka and says: "My name is Scorpia of course. But I used to drink this in my favorite cafe. Logan's cafe."

She points at the boxing gloves and says: "I've been boxing for ten years now. My big brother Bruno is my trainer." She points at the miniature Harley and says: "Bruno gave me that when I was a little girl. And when I was old enough, he bought me a real Harley."

She points at the glass apple ornament and says: "This apple represents the time that I was a kindergarten teacher." She takes her bracelet off and puts that in the cupboard too as she says: "This represents the moment I... the moment Salvatore went to hell."

She quickly makes her way over to the pictures and starts telling them who everyone is.

Bart asks: "Is that Matteo? Is his arm in a cast?"

"Yes, that's Matteo. His arm is broken in three different places. He lives with my mom now."

Bart softly says: "Thank god. He's safe."

Manon says: "And Mia!"

Scorpia says: "Yes, Mia is named Pia now and became part of Lexy and Bruno's family. And she has two older brothers." She points at the picture and says: "Enzo and Lucas."

Manon says: "How cute. Three totally different kids."

Logan says: "Yes, in our family blood doesn't matter much. Love does."

Bart looks at the pictures on Scorpia's desk and tries to figure out what he's looking at. Scorpia says: "Tattoos. Mine and Logan's." Manon blushes and drops her gaze to the floor.

Logan says: "You probably wondered about that already. Bonnie is my nickname for Scorpia. It's also the name of my cafe."

Scorpia looks at the two young people and says: "You've just learned a lot about me in a very short period of time. Which is fine by me, because I trust you both. If there's ever anything you need to talk about, anything you need help with, tell me. And now I'm taking this handsome man with me to introduce him to some more people and show him around."

Scorpia is about to walk out of the office when Bart checks his phone and says: "Hold on! I need to do something first." He rushes out of the office and Logan peeks into the lobby to see what Bart is up to. Bart walks over to Ciro, who is standing in front of the reception desk and sends him back into his office.

Logan chuckles and pulls Scorpia with him into the lobby. He looks at Bart and gives him a grateful nod.

They walk towards the restaurant together and run into Esperanza, who is filling a cart with cleaning supplies. A young girl is standing next to her with a concentrated expression on her face. Esperanza looks up and into Scorpia's eyes. She smiles wide and says: "Good morning mi-" Scorpia gives her a stern look and Esperanza corrects herself: "Good morning Scorpia."

"Good morning Esperanza. May I introduce you to Logan? Logan, this is Esperanza, Ricardo's mother, and a very experienced cleaning lady."

The woman shakes Logan's hand and says: "So you're the one."