The Family Secret by Daniele Botti

Author:Daniele Botti [Botti, Daniele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Globaltruck S.R.L.
Published: 2020-04-09T22:00:00+00:00

2.

Old Waters

The millionaire had booked red-eye for Megan and herself in business class, taking off from JFK airport to Ciampino on a Thursday, set to arrive on Friday morning. Usually, she would schedule her vacations well in advance to book an early ticket, saving even more on her travel expenses. While a fan of getting as much bang for her buck as she could, time was the most significant currency she had.

Saving a few weeks to travel on business class was worth its weight in gold to her due to her burning curiosity.

The Boeing departed at 1:20AM for their eight-hour flight to Rome. While the mafia was associated with Sicily, Paula was in search of the man called Bianchi, her grandfather, if he was still alive. Lazio was the region where her father hailed from, and the capital city of Rome was where Megan and Andrew had spent their childhood days, before being brought to the States.

On their flight, Megan told her about the game she and Anthony played, how they had never actually attended an Italian school but were tutored by an instructor her father used to hire.

“I have not asked you yet, are you still fluent in Italian?” Paula questioned, reclining in the extendable chair of their Etihad Business cabin, covered under a white and blue striped blanket with a matching pillow.

The whole cabin was lit in soft, yellow tones to help other passengers sleep, but out of excitement, the aunt and her niece were awake, whispering quietly to not disturb anyone else. Outside the window, wisps of clouds extended outwards like a carpet, with stars shining blue, gold and white in the cosmos above.

“I don’t think so,” Megan admitted, slightly blushing. “Growing up in America didn’t require me to keep my Italian game up. I’ll be able to get by, what about you?”

Paula was a polyglot, with her father hiring language teachers for her when she was still young with a tactile mind and developing memory. Looking back, she now found it strange that while she could communicate in French, Spanish, and even Chinese, the subject of learning Italian as a language was never brought up.

They had never even gone to Italy on vacations when her family was still alive; but Paula had not been inclined to do so either, more fascinated by places like Disneyland, Hollywood, and Paris and the like. Italy to her had just been another country she could have visited anytime she wanted, a piece of cake when her father would still be alive to handle the affairs of the corporation.

“I think we’ll have enough time to pick up some Italian anyways,” Paula proposed, “I already picked up some basics from YouTube, the rest I’ll learn in Rome.”

An accelerated way to learn anything was to get a handle on the basics and then just jump right into its application, much superior to flashcards of language learning apps that just gave you some words at a time to memorize. From her experiences, Paula knew

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