Chapter LI
At home
The baby was never born. Mafalda had a miscarriage a month into their marriage. The couple went to live in the village, in the house where Rudi used to live. Antonino and his father met every day at work but Giulia was complaining that he hardly visited her and he was always in a hurry, she always had to ask to have his news
-How is Antonino? -
-Fine, he’s okay- Giovanni would say, but he was trying to hid his concern for him who was increasingly distressed
-I haven’t seen him in a week -
-He is tired in the evening and can’t wait to get home -
-It wouldn’t take long to pop over for a moment-
-Giulia, he is a man now. Try to come to terms with that-
She did not answer. It was pointless to be persistent. They both knew each other’s thoughts and she knew quite w
