Scozzari by Jaimie Roberts

Author:Jaimie Roberts [Roberts, Jaimie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

“You took me to a pig farm?”

A silly grin manifests. This is everyone’s reaction whenever I tell them. “Not just any pig farm. The Scozzari pig farm.”

Her expression looks incredulous as she glances around the expanse of the pig paddock. “There’s thirty pigs here. When my dad first bought the land, it only came with five pigs. But, with a lot of TLC and food, they’ve flourished.”

“Your dad has a pig farm?” she asks again, her mouth parting slightly.

I point to a piglet with the most twisted, cute little tail. “That one there is mine. I call him Hannibal.”

Her head snaps to mine. “As in Hannibal Lecter?”

Coming up closer to her, I lean my arms on the fence, a small smile coating my lips. “Yep. Hannibal the cannibal. You know they can eat us until there’s no trace left? Not even bone.”

I watch in amusement as her eyes dart about a bit, deep in thought. “Your dad didn’t buy them for that, did he?”

I can’t help the laughter that bursts out of me. I know she, amongst others, heard the rumors about my dad, how when he lived in London, he was a gangster with an endless amount of drugs, guns, and women. I had been sheltered from that life, but I’m not stupid. I knew what went down. I think my dad’s ashamed now of the life he used to live, so he gives off another persona to him that he hopes others will buy.

His son, however, doesn’t buy it.

“No, of course not,” I lie. “He just loves pigs.”

And he does love pigs...

Because they’re a great waste disposal.

Her face suddenly becomes animated. “How long have they been here?”

“He got to know the land owner years ago, but only managed to acquire the land around five years ago.”

“So, after I had left?” she asks, her eyes still locked on all the pigs munching on all the scraps they’ve been given from breakfast.

“I think my dad was in the process of buying the land with the pigs when it was announced that you were leaving. He hires someone nearby to look after them whenever he can’t.”

Caitlin stares across the paddock for a moment, a sense of peace radiating from her. She places both arms on the fence before leaning her chin on her hands. In that moment, she’s the most serene I’ve seen her. A part of me knew bringing her here would not only make her happy, it would also make her feel safe. There’s nothing quite like watching pigs scrap for food, their little pot-bellied bodies skittering across the paddock as they race to see who’s boss.

“Hierarchy is normally established earlier on with pigs,” I start, “thus leaving a more placid litter to attend to. It makes watching them running around and snorting most entertaining.”

“I think they’re cure,” she observes, smiling at one who sniffs at another’s butt before snorting in what seems like disgust.

She sighs before straightening herself. “I never wanted to leave you.”

Silently, I celebrate the face she’s finally opening up.

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