UNHOLY DESIRE
"I know, I know. But she won't understand anyway."
Mrs Smith sighed, a dreamy expression on her face, "Young love."
As if. I wanted to retort. Again, Matteo didn't love me. I do love him and I might die if something happened to him at this juncture, but I couldn't say the same for him.
My stomach grumbled, cutting off every thought I had and everything I wished to say.
Kendall noticed, and she remarked, "Are you hungry, mama?"
"Ah yes," Mrs Smith stood from where she was sitting, walking past me. It's time for brunch. I made some lovely Irish delicacies—colcannon and sausages, Boxty with bacon and eggs, smoked salmon on Irish brown bread—that I thought you might like."