Monday, May 29, 2023Marco Benetti's Office, Milan10:15 AM
Marco's office was on the fourth floor of a building off Via Turati, and the reception area was small and professional without trying to be impressive — a woman at the desk who knew Demien's name without being told, a waiting area with two chairs and a table with actual current magazines on it, and Marco's door opening before the receptionist had finished saying he was expected.
The office itself was the kind of room that belonged to someone who worked in it rather than showed it to people — shelves of binders and folders along one wall, a whiteboard with half-erased text, two monitors on the desk, a view of the street below where the morning traffic moved slowly through Via Turati's narrow lane. Marco stood and they shook hands across the desk before he gestured to the chairs on the other side.
