Chapter 7As far as Kenneth was concerned, the final two weeks of October were divided into heaven and hell, uncannily apt for the approach of Halloween. On the heavenly side was his budding attachment with Gino. They made sure to see each other most days, even for a passing hello in the café.
Kenneth had also had a few invitations to dinner with the De Lucas in the flat above the café. It was always a jolly and noisy affair where he was accepted without fuss. Gino and his sisters would fluently switch between Italian and Bristolian English, arguing laughingly with each other as they passed around dishes of delicious food judged too foreign to be served downstairs to customers.
Inevitably, Gino’s father asked Kenneth about his course in the manner of proving an often repeated point. “See,
