— You are probably wondering why “Marcos”, I am telling “Santos”, you, all this story.
Well, it's so that things are clear and that our common ground is built on healthy foundations.
As we say at home, “para que sea claro como el agua!”.
- Yes sir.
- It's good.
Now, why this specific story and not another?
— …
— I could have told you that yesterday, my 23-year-old daughter who very often talks to stones — in fact they are her only friends — approached me and whispered that my other daughter , aged 21 and who has the extreme disobligence of pooping in public which, I admit, is not a gift for a father who represents the interests of art, was, I quote, " CRAZY" !
Marcos bursts out laughing.
— I told her that she shouldn't talk like that about her little sister, that she owed her respect and take care of her.
But you know what I would have wanted to say to him?
- No sir.
— That she was as “crazy” as her sister; that I was ashamed of them; that if I could, I would have refused them when they were born; that if there was a possibility of throwing your kids in the trash when they were born, then I would have done it; that they are as stupid as a broom and that they will surely die in a short time.
— …
— A little beer?
— No thank you sir.
- It's good.
— Where was I…
…ah yes!
All this bullshit to tell you that the truth should be banned here.
We don't care about the truth.
I buy it the truth!
If I ask you a question, I expect you to always answer me in terms that are in my best interests.
Always, even though we both know it's not true.
For what ?
Because the truth is for kids: it allows them to build benchmarks and understand the system.
But when it's you who makes the truth, when it's you who makes the system, what's the point of benchmarks?
- …OK.
- Exactly !
Following this interview, Santos was hired.
Marcos bet on the right person: Santos was going to thwart the biggest sabotage in the history of Christie's...
...at his expense.
To be continued...
*2015
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Modigliani - Partie 1 : https://www.lafoda.fr/lf15en
