From Mangia to Murder (A Sophia Mancini ~ Little Italy Mystery)
“Silence. Absolute silence. Which, in an Italian-American family, usually meant only one thing. Trouble.
Angelo, her grandfather, Francesca, and Luciano sat around the kitchen table and looked at her without uttering a single word. She stared back.
“What?” she finally cried. “What’s wrong?”
“Ci chiede cosa c’e che non va?” Grandpa grumbled, throwing up his hands. “She asks us what’s wrong?” he repeated in English.
“Yes, I am asking,” she answered. “Did something happen while I was gone? Oh m...y God, who’s sick? Who died?”
“Nobody died,” her grandfather said. He pointed to an empty chair opposite him. “Sit down.”
She slipped off her shoes and joined them at the table.
Her grandfather sat, hands clasped, a dour expression on his face. Francesca sat with Mooch’s kitten curled up in her lap. She looked more curious than upset.
“Interesting day, Sophia?” Angelo asked.
“You could say that,” she hedged.
“Did you meet Joe DiMaggio?”MoreLess
Angelo, her grandfather, Francesca, and Luciano sat around the kitchen table and looked at her without uttering a single word. She stared back.
“What?” she finally cried. “What’s wrong?”
“Ci chiede cosa c’e che non va?” Grandpa grumbled, throwing up his hands. “She asks us what’s wrong?” he repeated in English.
“Yes, I am asking,” she answered. “Did something happen while I was gone? Oh m...y God, who’s sick? Who died?”
“Nobody died,” her grandfather said. He pointed to an empty chair opposite him. “Sit down.”
She slipped off her shoes and joined them at the table.
Her grandfather sat, hands clasped, a dour expression on his face. Francesca sat with Mooch’s kitten curled up in her lap. She looked more curious than upset.
“Interesting day, Sophia?” Angelo asked.
“You could say that,” she hedged.
“Did you meet Joe DiMaggio?”MoreLess
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