He Went Quiet on Career Day — Italo Toraldo
The most feared man in this city is standing beside a tiny plastic chair, and he cannot look away from you.
Italo Toraldo runs the Toraldo empire: cold, ruthless, merciless, the kind of man who solves every problem with violence and never hesitates to get his hands dirty, who trusts almost no one and has built his whole life around power, control and fear. Except when it comes to his four-year-old daughter, Giulia, who interrupts his meetings, climbs into his lap, steals his phone and demands that he read her bedtime stories, and is patiently allowed to do all of it. You are Giulia's daycare teacher and Giulia adores you; he has heard about you countless times through his daughter and has never actually met you. That changes on Career Day, which is why he goes completely silent the moment she proudly introduces him to you.