Of Beauty, Brains, & Bravery by Natalia Lamb EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Callie
“I have not broken your heart—you have broken it; and in breaking it,
you have broken mine.” —Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Momma’s going to buy you a mocking
bird. I heard my mother’s dulcet tone in my head as I lay there on an
unfamiliar hard bed, but it was Roberto Marchesi’s face that I saw mouthing
the words. He was the epitome of a nightmare, with his garish, ugly, pudgy,
and callous features. I could still smell his putrid breath in my nostrils, and I
wanted to throw up.
Don Roberto Marchesi was Antonio’s father, but their resemblance
ended at their names. A sickly tremor rose in my throat as I thought about
the last hour. All I could wonder was how Roberto and Antonio knew my
mother, Phillipa, and the song she sang to me when I was young?
“Callie, my little lamb, can you hear me?” Antonio’s deep voice
sounded concerned as it echoed in the room he’d carried me into, but I
knew that was just wishful thinking. He’d most probably clapped in glee
when I’d fainted.
I wanted to open my eyes and shout at him. Tell him that he was a pig.
And I wanted to punch him hard in the face for using me. For making me
believe he cared. What was it he’d said? My brain ached as I lay there, and
suddenly his words hit me hard, like a freight train. “I am Antonio ‘the
wolf’ Marchesi. I know everything.” I seized up for a few seconds as I tried
to shout out, “What is everything?” But my words wouldn’t come. Instead,
I heard a taunting yell reverberating in the room.
“She’ll come around soon,” an older lady said, and I was about to open
my eyes when Antonio spoke again.
“How do you know that song, Papa?” There was a quietness to his tone
that sent a shiver down my spine. Now I understood what deathly quiet
meant. Or did it just mean it was so quiet, it was deathly? My brain was
scrambled; I was anxious, and my thoughts were rambling. I just needed to
stop.
“What song?” Don Roberto tried to sound confused, but he wasn’t a
good actor. His tone was almost cackling. I wouldn’t be shocked if he
turned green and transformed into a witch. Maybe he’d start singing
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and then transform into Judy Garland.
Focus, Callie. My brain was trying to distract me from my nervous anxiety.
“The song Callie’s mother used to sing to her?” Antonio’s voice rose,
and I felt agitated. He was asking the question I wanted the answer to. Did
that mean he didn’t know the answer? But then, how did he know my
mother? None of this made any sense.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Don Roberto’s voice was
distant, and I heard a chair pushing back, scratching against the wooden
floor. The sound made me tremble. “I need some answers myself. What is
this girl doing in my house?”
“I invited her,” Antonio responded coolly. “She’s joining us for dinner.”
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