Detectives and Thieves
Article Six: Another Massimo
Late at Night
Ring! Ring! Scipio picked up the phone. "Hullo?"
"Scip? Scip, it's me! Hornet!"
"Hornet?"
Meanwhile, Victor was hiding behind the now spotless couch, spying on Scipio's confersation with Hornet.
"Yeah, it's me. I have to tell you something. It's really important."
Scipio suddenly became hopeful. Maybe she's calling me... to tell me... that she finally loves me...! He thought.
"Yeah, so what is it?" Scipio said, with a silly grin on his face.
"It's about your father..."
"My dad? What about him?" He questioned, astonished and a bit disappointed that Hornet wanted to talk about Dottor Massimo.
"He's adopting a child."
"WHAT??? But, this can't be! What the...!!!"
"I know. I could hardly believe it, too. But that's the truth, Scip. You're getting a new sibling."
"I... I can't believe it... I'm getting a new brother..."
"A new brother? How do you even know that it's gonna be a guy?"
"You know my dad, he'll never choose a girl."
"Grrr..."
"Well, anyways, me, Riccio, Mosca, Bo, and Prosper are going to meet the new kid tomorrow. Wanna come?"
The way she said 'Prosper'... Does that mean...
"Scip?"
"Huh, what?"
"Wanna come, or not?"
"Uh, sure. Of course I do."
"Ok." And then she hung up, leaving Scipio motionless, astonished, and disappointed.
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Later that Day
"Is Scip coming? Is Scip coming?" Bo kept on asking.
"Yes, Bo. Scip's coming. He's gonna meet us at Dottor Massimo's, remember?" Hornet answered.
"Oh, yeah, sure!"
"So... Prosper..." Hornet leaned against Prosper, who was quite annoyed when she did. "Are you excited about Massimo's son, or daughter?"
"Hm... No..." He answered.
"You're not? Well, me neither!"
"Hmph..."
"Ok! We're here!" Mosca called out. "The Massimo's!"
Everybody cheered.
"Hey, guys!" It was Scipio. He had just turned a corner.
"Hey! It's Scip!" Bo cried and ran up to him and hugged him. "Oh! It's so nice to meet you!"
"Yeah, nice to see ya, too." He patted Bo's back.
"Hey, Scip." Prosper said.
"Oh, hey, Prop! Long time, no see!"
"Uh-huh."
"Hey... Hornet." Scip said to her smoothly.
"Hey, Scip! Nice to see you here!"
"Isn't she gorgeous!" Riccio exclaimed.
Everyone turned his way and there coming out from the Massimo's front door was a blonde-haired girl. She had eyes as blue as the sea, and her braided long hair was flowing with Venice's breeze. She wore many shades of pink; even her shoes and stockings were pink as well! But most importantly, she was extremely pretty. All of the guys were looking at her in a goofy way.
"Whoa, baby!" Mosca shouted. "She is… FINE!"
"Like a piece of art…" Riccio added.
"She's very purrr… ty!" Bo said, smiling.
Hornet looked at them, and then at Prosper. And to her surprise, Prosper was looking the pink girl, too. His eyes sparkled and his lips slowly turned into a soft grin.
"Oh, bonjour!" The girl called out.
"Bon… huh?" Riccio questioned.
"Oh, you don't understand French?"
"Oh, you were talking French? Well… of course I understand French!"
"Shut up, Riccio!" Hornet snapped. She turned to the girl and said, "We don't speak French. Sorry! I guess you can't speak with us then!"
"I can speak English, too." The girl explained.
"Well, but we have to go now! We have something important to do."
"Or we can just wait, Hornet." Prosper said.
Hornet looked at him. What do you mean, 'wait'??? We have no time to some dopey French girl! She thought.
"But… We have to leave soon, Prop. All we're doing here is to meet Dottore Massimo's new kid."
"Dottore Massimo?" The girl questioned. "Are you talking about my father?"
"You're father???" Mosca, Prosper, Riccio, Bo, and Hornet said altogether; their mouths dropped open.
"Yes, Dottore Massimo is my father. Well, now he is. I've been adopted."
"So we've heard…" Hornet muttered under her breath.
"Pardon?"
"So what's your name?" Hornet asked quickly.
"My name is Serena. What about yours?"
"He's Mosca. He's Bo. He's Prosper. That's Hornet. And I am the Magnificent Riccio!" heexclaimed, pointing to each person.
Serena giggled. "Yes, why hello, everybody! It's such a pleasure to meet you all."
"Hey, why don't we…" Mosca started, but was interrupted when Bo cried out, " Hey! Where's Scip?!"
Everyone gasped.
"What do you mean?" Hornet questioned. "He was here a while ago!"
"Scip is gone!"