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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 28 “I don’t think it didn’t make sense,” Mariella said. “It seems like he was trying to do something good for you. Like he wanted to help you claim your identity.” “And yea,” Rahma said. “Now the teacher suddenly became all good.” While they were trying to interpret the cryptic comments of the teacher, Mimmo arrived out of breath. “You can’t imagine what I know,” he said, trying to catch his breath. “I met with Giggino Rough…” “That Giggino Rough?” Mario interrupted him. “Yes, that one,” Mimmo responded to the question that was preoccupying Mario, and he continued, “But you must promise me not to tell anyone what he told me. He knows who stole the money from the secretary’s office at school.” “Oh!” “Eh?” “Come on!” everyone exclaimed together, astonished and curious. “It seems,” Mimmo started to say, “that they were the guys that go to the school nearby. They are upper-class, that is, they have money.” “How is that possible?” Mario said pretending to be offended. “Weren’t we the mean Roma people?” Everybody laughed. “But the most absurd thing,” Mimmo continued, “is that when Giggino told me the story, he laughed a lot. He told me that it was he who gave them all the details to break into the school, but he hadn’t told them that the video cameras didn’t work or that there was no lock on the gate at the school…” “What a guy Giggino is,” Mario said. “He really made fun of them…” “So the principal and the teachers lied regarding the video cameras,” Jensika was astonished. “Yea,” Mimmo followed, “and it seems that the amount of money they took was too low, around 200 Euro! All that risk for petty change!” “And why would they do that?” Rahma asked. “Maybe just to do what’s prohibited…” Gaetano imagined.