My friend Jim said he never loved her more than he did the night she blindsided him on the pier. He swears he never saw it coming. They were in the Florida panhandle visiting friends who live across a dirt road from a lake. It was Thanksgiving and the hosts were dressed as pilgrims. A [...]
Back at the yacht around midnight, we were sitting on the upper deck when Giovanni returned smiling from ear to ear, in the company of his French girlfriend Giselle.
Chapter One – The Genovese Connection Part one In Catharina’s bedroom, that gave unto a large roof terrace where her mother grew her herbs and geraniums, a stretcher was prepared for me, while my friend Ronald was given a guest bed in her brother Pippo’s room for the night. Pippo was a 9 year old, [...]
It was almost eight o’clock in the evening when we arrived at the restaurant of which Catharina had spoken of. We were ushered to a private corner and the waiter brought us “bruschette” with fresh tomato paste and garlic. Apparently the restaurant decided what their clients were going to eat, as nobody seemed to be [...]
The old lady looked weary and tired but her tears had dried up and she had regained her composure. I could see that her face had certain, distinct aristocratic features that I hadn’t noticed before, and she suddenly looked less frail and old to me than during my initial impression. Involuntarily I had to think [...]
Catharina looked serene the next morning as we set out to travel. Nothing in her composure revealed anything about the sensual intermezzo of the night before. We took an early train, and with un-Italian timeliness we left the station without any delay. We were on our way, following the coastal track for Piombino, where we [...]
(continued from: “Latin Dreams“) Giovanni returned around midnight, smiling from ear to ear, and in the company of his French girlfriend Giselle. After being introduced, Giselle immediately started to complain about the perceptible smell of garlic on our breath. She kept on going about garlic being the food of the lower classes, and about the [...]
