I'm an Outsider in My Own Home
It was the local financial news—the headline read that Fabio's company had successfully gone public with a ringing of the bell.
In the photo, Papa, Mamma, Luca, and Francesca were huddled tightly around Fabio. They were all beaming with radiant smiles.
I expressionlessly turned my phone facedown on the battered wooden table and struck a match.
In the flickering light, the basement's rusted iron door was kicked open with a bang.
Isabella stood there with her wrinkled face set in its usual stern lines, but in her hands she held a steaming slice of apple pie.
"I made too much, and it'd be a waste to throw it out. When you're done, wash the plate clean and bring it back up to me," she said gruff
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