Chapter 32

The next day was a whole day of studying the Ricci family and their preferred suitors and family affiliations in the library. He was born in Italy but brought up in Spain with his cousins until he was 12, and then they moved to Netherlands. The mother was loving but strict. The father was more involved in Guasparre’s day-to-day activities. He was the youngest of the three. Loved riding horses, experiment with food, travelling, and clothes. Used to drive sports cars and race on the track until he was 22. Had gotten into an accident when during a race, hence the scar. He had to undergo some major reconstructive surgeries to his arm, and some minor ones to his skull. It was a miracle he survived and retained all of his mind. The most he suffers from is the occasional dissociation and minor gaps in memories which he regains every now and then.

They moved him to Italy immediately after.

I found the abruptness of their move very odd, with no explanation other than the fact that Guasparre wa