Every Boy's Got One

Travel Diary of Jane Harris

Travel Diary of Holly Caputo and Mark Levine

Jane Harris

Poor Holly. She’s crushed.

Stupid secretario . And stupid Italy. I hate it here again! How can they be so mean? Can’t they see they’re destroying one of the sweetest, gentlest girls in the world with their ridiculous bureaucratic red tape?

At least Frau Schumacher understands. She’s really letting that secretario have it. He looks kind of scared. He keeps saying something about the mayor. Apparently, he doesn’t have the authority to do… something.

But the mayor does.

I think Frau Schumacher told him to let us in to see the mayor, then.

Wow! For an old lady, Frau Schumacher sure can be intimidating!

Thank God for Peter running home to get her. Well, really, thank God for Wondercat. Because without Wondercat, Peter wouldn’t have even known about our problem and gone to get his greatgrandmother.

And of course, there’d be no Wondercat if it weren’t for The Dude. So really, none of this would be happening if it weren’t for my cat.

As usual. Just further proof that The Dude, as I’ve always suspected, really is God.

Now the secretario ’s left his own office. Frau Schumacher looks very pleased with herself. I asked Peter what’s going on, and he said, “The secretario is going to see if ze mayor vill change his schedule to let your friends get married on Vednesday. There is maybe an opening in ze calendar on zis day.”

When I commented that this seemed like a positive development, Peter nodded and said, “Yes. Zey are all very frightened of my grandmuzzer. She will go to the mayor’s muzzer, and zat zey do not want.”

Yes! Joy!

You would think Holly would be happier to hear that. But she’s just sitting next to me, holding her stomach and looking kind of queasy.

Well, I guess I can’t really blame her. She’s been looking forward to getting married for so long, and all of these delays have to be—

The secretario is back. Oh my gosh! We’re being summoned to the mayor’s office!

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