Chapter 38
Antonio had been in a wretched mood since he woke up to find that the woman from last was gone, he found himself alone in bed, he had not even gotten to ask her name.
So he had been carrying around a sour mood all day and it was that same mood that had driven him out to the garden, he needed a smoke, perhaps he might feel better.
"Emil, is that you?" He heard a feminine voice call out.
Antonio quickly turned in the direction from which the voice had come, his eyes fell on Andrea sitting in the gazebo and he was about to turn back and go into the house.
"Who is it? I know someone is out there" she said again.
Antonio cursed out in his native language, he was not in the mood for this right now.
"If you do not answer me, I will scream" she said again.
"Dio Mio, for heaven's sake, it's Antonio" he snapped and began walking in her direction.
"Antonio, I don't we have met" Andrea said.
"And that has been very deliberate I assure you" Antonio replied as he placed the cigarette back in it's pack, he wasn't in the mood for even that now.
Andrea was quiet for a while then she said "Can I ask why?"
Antonio wasn't sure the proper response to that question, his reason for trying to talk to her or even getting to know was simply because he disliked her family.
"I don't need to tell you anything" Antonio said.
She was quiet for a while then she said "I can tell you do not like me and it's probably because of my family since we have not met before"
Antonio was quiet for a while, he studied the woman before him, she was of average height, she was of average weight as well, her black hair was long and full, then there was her skin, it was so pale, Antonio admitted she was beautiful but not in the way that he liked and certainly not in the way Emil liked his women, Emil had always fancied exotic wowen and there was nothing exotic about the Severino girl.
"I will leave you to whatever it was you were doing" Antonio said and began to turn around back to the house.
"No wait, let's talk for a while please" Andrea said.
"We have nothing to talk about sister in law" Antonio.
The part about the sister in law was certainly dripping with sarcasm and Andrea did not miss it at all.
She had asked about Antonio once and the maid had told her that he was the most temperamental of the whole Ferrari brothers and they tried to avoid him if they could and judging from the manner in which he was speaking to her, he definitely did not like her and it was all because she married his brother when she was from the Severino family.
"You object to my being here" she said.
Antonio narrowed his eyes at her and said "I do but for some reason, Emil is fine with your presence so I am not complaining"
"I am not an enemy, I promise you Antonio" Andrea said, she did not want to any of Emil's brothers upset with her for any reason.
A scoff escaped Antonio's lips "You are a Severino and it will take forever for me to completely trust a Severino, you turn your back on them for one second and the next second, you are bleeding out from the stab in the back" he said.
Andrea was getting frustrated with his ire, she had done nothing to receive it.
"Well same could be said for the Ferrari family, you were just as much our enemies as we were yours, no side was a saint in that bloody war" Andrea said.
Antonio was incredulous, never had he seen a Severino try to defend themselves.
"The Severinos had always been the instigators, they had always been the ones to attack first and we will be forced to retaliate and you tell me we were your enemies, we were enemies because you made us your enemies first" Antonio said.
"That's not true, the Ferraris were the instigators and we were forced to retaliate" Andrea countered back.
"It's seeming like every side has a tale that glorifies them and make them the saints" Antonio said.
"So it will appear" Andrea said.
"Glorified tales or not, one major truth will always remain, Enzo died because of your family, that sweet boy was murdered heartlessly and left on the front porch for us to find him" Antonio said.
"I am sorry about Enzo but your family took their blood revenge, so we are even" Andrea said, the moment the words left her mouth, she immediately felt bad.
Antonio flared up "Lucca Severino was the one broke the mini peace then, he kidnapped Enzo from school and murdered him, not even to trying to compare, Lucca Severino was a chronic womaniser and drunkard and Enzo was the sweetest boy alive, I am certain your father was glad when that scumbag brother of yours left his world and you say we are even" he said.
"I am sorry about Enzo, I really am but you can't keep hating our family all your life, what then will be the difference between you and Lucca, it was his hate for the Ferraris that led him to do what he did, who is to say your hate will not drive you to do something similar, we are all trying to give peace a chance, perhaps you should as well" Andrea said.
"I am done listening to this, I have better things to worry about" Antonio said and turned back in the direction of the house.
Every single Severino was problematic and arrogant, he could not believe the audacity of that family and that girl dared to compare him to that crazy brother of hers, Lucca Severino was a mad man and nothing more, he felt offended beyond words, he had promised Emil that he will be open-minded about the whole thing but he wasn't so sure about it anymore.
He ran into Martin on his way into the house "Good morning Sir, Don Ferrari wishes to see you and Sir Marco in his study right now" Martin said.
"Excellent I was about to go and see him as well" Antonio said and walked into the house with Martin following behind him.
Andrea was not sure what to make of her exchange with Antonio, everyone here had been so welcoming so his hostility shocked her, he was nothing like his brothers that was for sure, she did not know what she was supposed to do, did she tell Emil or try to solve it on her own?
Her day had been turning out to be rather interesting.