Alessia Father and Mother sat on one of the couches, wearing forlorn expressions on their faces. His arm was draped around her shoulders as she sobbed into a wad of tissue. From an outsider’s perspective, this was just a normal grieving family. From my perspective, however, this was all a performance. Nonna’s death meant nothing to them. If anything, they were glad. In silence, I moved to sit on the couch in the farthest corner of the room. Father’s phone began to ring, and he lifted it to his ear. “What?” There was a moment of silence before he rose abruptly, ended the call, and tossed the phone onto the couch. “Sweetheart, what’s wrong?” Mother sniffed, standing up. “Bad news. Why now, of all times?” Father exclaimed, crossing his arms and tapping his foot in agitation. “It’s the lawyer. The call came from the hospital. He was in an accident on the way here, and he’s undergoing emergency surgery.” “He doesn’t have a replacement to come read Nonna’s will?” Stefano, that we
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