48 Followed him in silence (1/2)

The floor was tiled with large black and white tiles. In front of the wide, curved staircase was a black and white emblem embedded in the floor. Sam remained curious in front of it.

”Anita's ancestors were noble Spaniards. Miguel explained, pointing to the stairs with the sports bag in her hand. ”You're welcome.”

Anita happily scurried to the right and shouted: ”In the kitchen, in 30 minutes.”

Miguel stomped up the stairs in front of Sam. ”Here she is always completely over-excited.” he mumbled grumpily through clenched teeth.

Sam, still quite stunned, followed him in silence.

The staircase on the first floor merged seamlessly into a long gallery with four doors, from which two corridors led off into the two wings. Miguel turned silently to the right. The passage bent forward at right angles. At the end, Miguel pushed open a door and motioned Sam to step in front of him. Hesitantly, Sam set her candy-colored ballerinas on a thick, cream-colored carpet.

In front of her lay a comfortable living room, with elegant white leather sofas and apricot-colored armchairs. Cabinets made of shiny burl finished off the harmonious picture.

Miguel slid past the amazed Sam and opened the door to another room. ”Your bedroom.”

Sam followed him in a trance and clapped his hands over his mouth in delight.

The bedroom was decorated in blue tones. In the middle was a huge four-poster bed with an abundance of midnight blue and white silk pillows.

Miguel parked the sports bag on a delicate glass table and opened both doors to the balcony. ”You have to take a look at the view.” Reluctantly, Sam stepped onto the balcony under which she had just walked. Two white rattan loungers stood on blue-flecked granite. Sam stepped to the wrought-iron, white-painted railing.

Miguel stepped beside her and pointed his arm to the left. ”There are the vineyards.”

Sam looked in the direction he was pointing. There are lawns in gentle hills. Sam saw the typical parallel rows of vines planted on a gently rising mountain.

”Over there is the lake.”