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Manuela Manuela Standard
Andy

Andy

Italian mature, expressive speaker with warm tones and shades

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Violetta

Violetta

A warm, clear, and engaging voice with a smooth, natural tone

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Giancarlo

Giancarlo

Italian middle aged, warm voice

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Manuela

Manuela

Warm, clear and versatile Italian voice

Standard accent

Il portafoglio smarrito

25 cards left
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It is that sharp drop in the stomach which means: it was here, and now it is not there anymore.
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Inside the supermarket the air it smells of warm bread and of cold fruit and vegetables.
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of the wallet there is no trace.
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“Sometimes things they slip behind a bench”, she says.
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she comes back with a box of plastic transparent full of items random—earbuds, a glove, a water bottle.
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Second stop: the gym. he has done the check-in from the phone, he has used a locker, he is worked out, he is done the shower, he is gone out.
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“Think.” he rewinds the day in his mind.
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“We can check.”
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First stop: the supermarket. he has paid with the card, he has put the receipt somewhere, he is gone to the car.
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10 / 25
he looks between the seat and the centre console.
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11 / 25
he leaves her anyway his number.
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12 / 25
Nico he nods and they start walking into the changing room.
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“Hello,” he says. “I believe to have lost the wallet.”
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14 / 25
To him they open wide the eyes.
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15 / 25
he thinks that maybe he will have to call the police to report the loss.
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Now he is here with the groceries and without a wallet.
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17 / 25
Then he looks in the narrow gap on the door side, that dark space it collects coins and lost time.
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18 / 25
Surely it happens to many to forget the wallets in the lockers, they say. Nico he tries to smile. “Thank you for your time,” he says.
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The employee he opens a drawer and he checks without much ceremony. Nico he looks, pretending of nothing. The employee he shakes the head. “Nothing that it matches to that description, and certainly no wallet with your document.”
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20 / 25
No wallet.
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21 / 25
“There isn’t”, she says.
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22 / 25
“Which checkout have you used?” he replies the employee.
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23 / 25
Nico he thinks about it hard. “Checkout six, near the self-checkouts.”
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24 / 25
Nothing.
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25 / 25
he does not want tell to anyone how much he has come close: to cancel all the cards and redo every document.
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