Semua Bab ROSES ON FIRE: Bab 141 - Bab 144

FRANCESCAThere was an eerie silence, and we all looked at Vincenzo, trying to unravel the mystery of what he had revealed and who he really was. Our crossed eyes announced confusion and curiosity in equal measure. I sensed something important lurking beneath the seemingly calm surface.And then, finally, I summoned up the courage to ask. “Dad, how come you didn’t know Vincenzo was actually your grandson?”And as the words rolled off my lips, I felt an explosion in my mind. I suddenly realized something shocking. How could Vincenzo and I get married if he was practically my cousin? This whisper filled my mind with disgust. My God, does this mean I had an intimate relationship with my own cousin?Vincenzo gave me a deep look, as if reading my mind, and then told me not to worry so much. He revealed my uncle Fabrizio actually adopted him when he was just a little boy and that there was no blood relation between us. A feeling of relief, but I was still angry. “How come I didn’t know

VINCENZOThree months laterIt was like I was trying to sink inside myself, to fight this overwhelming desire to rewrite the past, to bring back those I had banished. It had been three months since the Serratore family had left my father’s house, but the void left behind seemed to deepen as time went on. I couldn’t ignore the fact that I had loved Francesca Serratore and still do with a passion that seemed to burn everything in its path.I decided to bring out the truths that lay in the shadows, to reveal the truth about my father’s past, about the tyranny and injustices he had inflicted on the Serratore family. His diary was like a portal to the past, a window through which I looked into the soul of the man who was my father. Page by page, it revealed every mistake, every sin, every moment of suffering Clarissa and Skyler had had to go through.Reading it, I realized I was blind to the injustices my father had done in the past. Inflamed with anger and ambition, he had forgotten to be