Mr. Pignati Alternate Ending

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My mother always told me to stay away from men. Especially men that I don’t know! I can’t believe the problems John gets me into sometimes.. John always gets me into uncomfortable situations.. I do not know why I still listen to his insane ideas. During one of our telephone marathons we kind of lied to an old man about being charity workers. Consequently, we must collect money from him so he doesn’t get suspicious and call the cops. A few days later we went to the house to collect the money. “Hello! I am Mr. Pignati” a cheerful old man said as he welcomed us inside. I knew I should listen to my gut feeling and stay outside, but before I could resist, John had already flew right into the house. “He could be a sex maniac!!” I frantically whispered …show more content…

I knew I could not escape, no matter how badly I wanted to. Mr. Pignati had gently placed two glasses of wine down on the glass table in front of us. I had only taken a few small sips before I decided it could be poisoned.. John was enjoying his glass. Mr. Pignati had ambitiously tried to keep us at his home as long as possible, which seemed like a red flag to me. He told us that his wife was visiting California for a bit, I wondered if maybe he is lonely and just desperately needs someone’s company. I am not sure, but John ended the conversation eventually and brought up the money we were collecting. I could tell Mr. Pignati felt bad for wasting our time and just wanted some company to cope with his loneliness. Before we left, he wanted to show us his pigs. I was so confused, who keeps pigs in their house?! Regardless, he took us into a room that was COVERED in pigs. Glass, wood, plastic, you name it.. There was pigs everywhere. After a painful twenty minutes of explaining why he has so many pig figurines we finally collected our check for $10 and left. I started to feel sympathy for the poor elderly man.. Maybe I shouldn’t have

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