“After you leave, you will no longer be Serena Gallo. If… It’s okay with you, then go.” Matteo smiled and said, “Of course, I respect your choice, no matter what you choose.”
Serena took the papers and put them away.
“If I have to leave, better to have a new identity. I’ll take the ticket and the documents. Thank you, Secretary Gatti and thank you…. Brother.”
“Secretary Gatti will go with you, she will arrange everything for you, when you arrive, make yourself comfortable, I will see you after I take care of things here.”
Hearing this, Serena looked at Matteo, “Are you coming too?”
“It’s getting late, go with secretary Gatti to do the security check.”
Chiara nodded and took the bag from Serena’s hand, “Let’s go, Miss Giordano.”
Ms. Giordano. That sentence brought Serena to her senses.
That’s right, as of today she is no longer Serena Gallo, now her name is … Serena Giordano.
After going through security, Serena could not help but look back at Matteo. He stood there against the light, a warm smile on his lips.
Well, goodbye, North City.
And Matteo… The new big brother.
And to everyone.
Finally, goodbye, Cristian.
Hopefully we will never see each other again in this life.
From now on, it will be Serena Giordano, no longer Serena Gallo.
A new life was about to begin.
*
Five years later
The sky in South City was blue, and the clouds were big and white.
“Manuel, I count to three, come back here immediately!”
“One!”
“Two!”
“Three!”
Just as he finished counting, the boy jumped into Anna’s arms.
Anna tugged at his ear, “You, I leave for a moment and you bully the others? Can’t you see that the girls are crying because of you?”
Manuel didn’t want to be outdone in front of Anna either, “You’re hurting me, let me go, or I’ll tell mom you hurt me.”
“All right, go ahead, don’t think I’m afraid of you. Do you want to tell mom? When I see her, I’ll tell your mom that you stole other people’s things! You’ll see how she’ll set you straight!”
Manuel leaned forward angrily, “Mommy is very kind, she won’t do anything to me, and Mommy is very smart, so she won’t be fooled!”
As they spoke, a slender person in high heels approached them.
The woman was wearing a thin light yellow suit. The lapel and bow tie made her look extremely smart. The green silk fell softly and vertically over her shoulders, and a couple of locks on her cheeks added a soft touch. The sunglasses covered most of her face, leaving only a glimpse of her beautiful red lips.
“Mother has arrived! Now I’m going to tell her everything!”
“Mommy!” Manuel threw Anna’s hand away and quickly ran to grab Serena’s sleeve, “Mom, you’re here. I’ve been waiting for you.”
Anna followed and said, “Yes, and while you were waiting for your mother, you were bullying a little girl.”
After hearing those words, Serena’s red lips curved into a bow. Then she raised her hand and removed the sunglasses on her face, revealing her beautiful face.
“Manuel, are you bothering that little girl again?” It was a very gentle voice, but it sent shivers down the back of her spine.
Manuel stretched his lips, “Mom, it’s not like that…. Auntie is talking nonsense.”
Serena smiled, “Really?”
Manuel felt cold in the back, and could not keep the smile on his face. He screamed and lowered his eyes.
“I didn’t do it on purpose, it was that little girl who said I was cute — and she also said she wants to marry me.”
“So you gave her a kiss?” Anna added, as if the situation was not chaotic enough.
Manuel panicked and immediately explained to Serena.
“Mom, I didn’t give her a kiss on purpose, but…”
“But she’s too cute and you didn’t know what to do, did you?” Serena continued the sentence for him. Manuel immediately nodded.
The next second, Serena said, “Write the poem ten times.”
As soon as Manuel heard that, his face changed color: “Mom, why? That’s a lot of ten times!”
“Because you can’t control yourself.” Anna continued to make things worse, smiled and said, “As a man, you must have strong self-control. If you keep kissing every girl just because she is pretty, don’t you think you will be a jerk when you grow up? So, for your sake, I’d better go and copy the poem.”
Serena stood up and walked forward. Manuel and Anna continued arguing behind her back, and ended up fighting.
Outside the airport, Serena directly put on her sunglasses to protect herself from the scorching sun.
Some reporters took the camera and pointed it at them.
Serena scowled, “Put on your hat and glasses, there are reporters.”
When she heard this, Anna was stunned, immediately took her hat out of her bag and put it on Manuel, then gave him a pair of glasses, “Put them on quickly. If you’re too slow, our faces will be in the papers tomorrow.”
Manuel seemed to know this situation. He took the sunglasses and put them on his face. Then he put his hands in his pants pockets and followed Serena. He seemed full of momentum.
Even though she had seen him countless times, Anna could not help but laugh every time she saw him like this.
“Manuel, can’t you change your posture? Whenever you meet reporters, you always pose like this. You’re too old-fashioned.”
After listening, Manuel seemed to think what he said was reasonable, so he quickly changed his posture.
“Ahahah.” Anna could not help but laugh covering her mouth.
Serena said, “There are reporters, take it easy.”
Anna curbed her laughter and said, “You know there are reporters too. If not for you, would we be followed by them? However… You are not very famous compared to other big stars. There are only a few reporters, not enough for other big stars.”
“I’m not a star, and then … I don’t give a damn.” Serena’s tone was light and sincere.
“Do you care why those reporters are here? What they care about is taking pictures to get articles to send to the newsroom.”
“Really? Let them take the pictures, the important thing is that you can’t see the faces.”