Chapter 10: Calm Morning
Tony checked the time. It was almost daybreak. He walked back to Marcella’s house to check on her. She was still laying as he left her earlier. He checked her temperature. She didn’t have a fever.
That’s better.
He went to the kitchen. He looked at the phone. On the wall, he saw a patch of dirt where she leaned her forehead. It must have happened a lot of times for a mark to be left.
All she wanted was to talk to her sister but she was left distressed thanks to THAT woman.
He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. His hands fisted to balls and the nerves popped out. When he opened his eyes, calmness had returned to his face. Relaxing his hands, he checked out her little freezer.
His lips curved seeing the green vegetables and chicken in there. She had not changed. She loved green vegetables more than potatoes and carrots. Her mother used to force her to eat other vegetables and more meat.
But she did what she wanted to do. She knew how to manipulate her father to get what she wanted.
He cooked porridge and some eggs for her. He cleaned the kitchen and left it as it was before. She didn’t have a dining table in her house and he placed the food on the small counter and covered it.
He looked around her house one more time. She didn’t have much stuff but it looked like she spends a lot of time at home. There were a lot of books and magazines. She had cozied up the windowsill that looked over the road into a reading nook for her.
There were none of the luxuries she grew up with. Her father bought the best of everything and she used to live in a house with more than ten bedrooms. Her room was bigger than this entire apartment.