An Extra Virgin Pressing Murder by An Extra Virgin Pressing Murder (epub)

Author:An Extra Virgin Pressing Murder (epub)
Language: eng
Format: epub

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"I told Laura I'd walk you into town, Bert." Cecilio caught up with me just as I was going through the garage gate. He led me along a path that paralleled the road and climbed the mountain to the town of Montemorello. "Laura's a good woman. She wanted to speak to me before she went to the funeral, so she could apologize for inviting Antonio to the party! I told her there was no way she could have known." Cecilio shrugged.

"Laura was very upset when Michela told her this morning. She hated the idea of having hurt you and Giusi."

"Because she's a good woman!" Cecilio said a moment later, "Giovanna's a good woman, too. She was only doing what she thought was right." He looked at me as he said, "Some might think I killed Antonio."

"You were heard to say you might do that." I recalled Michela's slip-of-the-tongue to that effect.

Cecilio growled out with the anger he still felt, "I was angry enough, but I would never have done it here or in that way!" His voice gained in strength as he said, "Once, I thought about how I would do it. I would use my father's gun from the war. My father was a brave man. I'm a brave man. Antonio's killer was a coward."

"Why do you say that?"

"He hit Antonio out of anger with the wooden bar, and then tried to hide that with the stone. Only a coward strikes in anger, and only a coward is afraid to pay for his crime." Cecilio explained this as if it were an obvious fact that any decent person should know.

"Giusi said she thought Cinzia killed Antonio. What do you think, Cecilio?"

"She's an angry young woman, and angry people do bad things. Cinzia's ungrateful, too, and she doesn't understand the world as it was before she was born. Her mother didn't have the same choices women have today. Anna did the best she could for both of them."

"You knew Anna back then?"

"I knew them all," Cecilio said with a wave of his calloused hand for emphasis. "Egidio was a cruel man. He had lovers from the day he married Giovanna, and bragged about them to his gang," he said with contempt. Then Cecilio smiled, "But Giovanna's a smart woman."

"Why do you say that?" I was curious what could produce such approval from Cecilio.

"She took in that Olvidi character. Everyone thought he was her lover, but Giusi and I knew the truth. It made Egidio look the cornuto, the cuckold! After that, he didn't brag about his women anymore." Cecilio laughed at the victory Giovanna had exacted from her husband. "She took care of Anna and the baby, too."

"Did that make her husband angry?"

"What do you mean?" Cecilio stopped walking.

"Giusi said some of the women at the factory complained about Anna. I thought maybe Egidio complained, too."

Cecilio nodded. "He complained, but it did no good. Giovanna took care of Anna and Cinzia. My Giusi was good to them, too. They were the only two women who were good to them, in this whole town.

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