Strategic

Flavio asked me to have dinner with him and Mario. Said it would be good for all of us. Neutral ground. A chance to clear the air.

I said yes. But not for the reasons he thinks.

I'm going to orchestrate something. I'm going to put the three of us in the same space and see what happens when the truth starts to surface.

Mario will see Flavio and understand that his best friend has been orchestrating his suffering.

Flavio will realize that I see him. That I understand exactly what he's been doing.

And maybe, in that moment, everyone will be forced to be honest.

Or maybe I'm just fantasizing about power. About being the one who controls the narrative instead of the one being destroyed by it.

Anneka asked me if I was okay. I said yes. I lied.