Ginevra
“Are you expecting someone?”
My sister is rocking her baby as she shakes her head no to my grandmother and I mirror her, not even looking up from my plate.
My night was the worst. The moment I was finally able to fall asleep I was haunted by my nightmares, jerking me awake.
My father looks up from his newspaper questioningly.
“Who would come by unannounced at this time of the day?”
My grandmother makes some shooing noises to get the new maid to open the door.
I don’t care, I just want to die.
We all stare intrigued as we hear several footsteps nearing our dining room and the poor maid begging them to wait to be announced.
Poor thing, her career was rather short even for my mother’s reign.
My fork falls onto the plate as I see Massimo emerge from the hallway and my heart
