Il portafoglio smarrito

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he checks in all the usual places: on the table of the kitchen, on the sink, on the small shelf near the entrance.
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Nico he feels the panic start to rise, hot and unreasonable.
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The employee he comes back. “No wallet handed in to checkout six.” Nico he nods, feeling the chest tighten.
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In the gym the reception desk it is full of people, but a staff member she raises her eyes when Nico he comes closer.
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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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he thinks that maybe he will have to call the police to report the loss.
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Nico he nods and they start walking into the changing room.
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Nico he remembers a thing small and annoying: in the supermarket car park he has sat down in the car for a moment, he was too hot, he has taken off the jacket and he has adjusted his jeans because the wallet in the back pocket it was bothering him while he was driving.
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“Think.” he rewinds the day in his mind.
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Nico he goes to customer service and he tries to keep steady the voice.
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“it has slipped out from the pocket, next to the seat.”
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12 / 25
Nothing.
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Nico he repeats the description: black, in leather, foldable, small scratch, ID inside.
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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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he forces himself to stay calm.
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“Can you describe it?”
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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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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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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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“About two hours ago”, he says Nico.
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Cards, ID, everything.
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In the gym he does not remember to have touched it at all, because he has done the check-in with an app.
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he looks between the seat and the centre console.
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he leaves her anyway his number.
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“We can check.”
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