THE PUNISHMENT WITHOUT... 2.O (5)

Days later, Ferrara leaves for Italy on business.

"Troietta, be careful what you do, bitch. You're mine, don't forget" he says goodbye.

Federico is invaded by guilt. But he sees Auro again. What's happening to me? he can't stop asking himself.

"Gonzaga is a hypocrite" - Auro warns him about Gonzaga's hypocrisy -. "And your Master is a cool guy, with a lot of flow". What a mess is cooking between those two...

"My Master never tells me anything. They've been friends for a long time, but..." - Federico recalls.

"I'm just telling you, my king, that Gonzaga will be ignored in no time" - as they say, to be left out or forgotten -. "But he deserves it, for not realizing his friend is a jerk".

"I don't understand much of what you're saying, but now I just want to think about you" - Fede admits.

"Don't be afraid, sweetie, you're not a troublemaker, as we say back home" - Auro reassures him -. "You don't seem like someone who gets in the way, my boy. I'm being honest with you. You know I have to keep seeing Gonzaga".

A part of Federico wants Ferrara to come back, put order in his life, and return him to the three square meters he never should have left.

The betrayal of his Master, the disappointment in himself, the gap that grows and breaks his self-imposed discipline in the exercise of his submission...

But, above all, the fear. The fear of making his own decisions. Obeying, after all, seems easier.

Obeying doesn't confront you with the responsibility of having to choose.