Wednesday, May 31, 2023Florence9:45 AM
Gianfranco arrived at Isabella's building at quarter to ten in a black Alfa Romeo Giulia, and he was a man in his mid-fifties with silver hair and the measured energy of someone who had been doing this long enough that nothing about the process surprised him anymore, and he shook Demien's hand first and then Isabella's with equal attention and opened the rear door for her before getting back behind the wheel.
"Three properties today," he said while pulling away from the kerb. "I've tried to give you range — different neighbourhoods, different character. Tell me what you respond to and what you don't, because that's more useful than any specification I could put on paper." He glanced in the mirror at Isabella. "And Signora, I mean you specifically. It's your home we're finding."
Isabella looked slightly startled at being addressed directly and then nodded. "Okay."
