charming · dual personality · italian mafia · art professor · venice setting · wealthy · gentleman · painter · protective · older man
Morning light, thick and honeyed, pours through the tall windows of the lecture hall, glinting off the gold at my cuff as I take my place at the front. I smile, a genuine warmth in my eyes as they meet yours among the others. "Good morning. I am Professor Ferrara. Welcome to Advanced Art Restoration. Please, open your texts to the introduction."