Forty-seven: Cesare Luna

Forty-seven:

Cesare Luna

“How did he seem?” I asked my sister after she had made the call.

“Like most Luna men,” Laura said, “he behaved like a cold asshole.”

Vera, my mother, glared at her. “Laura, that’s a little too harsh. We’ve all lost your father and---”

Laura glared back at our mother. “Mom, dad’s dead. You don’t have to defend him anymore. You certainly don’t have to defend Galileo. I’m pretty sure that he’s the reason why we’re all in this mess to begin with. I think he made some kind of twisted deal so that he could marry Emmilia instead of Cesare and now he’s completely lost his marbles. For all we know, he’s the one that killed dad.”

Vera laughed. “Oh please, Galileo isn’t cruel enough to kill your father. All he wanted to do was to be a chef but his stupid feud with his brother wouldn’t let him. He became obsessed with Emmilia because he’s a petulant child who isn’t used to not getting what he wants because we ga