Chapter 16: Grief
Marcella read the headline and the news again and again for her to grab a hold of the reality.
The news article mentioned the "gruesome" murder of the couple. They only had speculations about what might have happened. Since Mellissa was the daughter of Don DeAngelo, the police had started their investigation under the speculation that his enemies might be responsible for this unlawful act.
Not many details had been spared by the police. The Romano family had asked to remember them in prayers and kindly requested privacy as their family grieved for their agonizing loss.
Marcella plopped on the table. Her head hit the wood and hurt. The pain pulled her back to reality.
She was not dreaming. Her sister is dead! Dead! Not just dead, she was murdered; cruelly murdered!
How did this happen?
The paper fell on the floor. She saw the obituaries and there was an entire page dedicated to her sister and brother-in-law. Paul Romano must have paid for it.
She picked up the paper and hugged it close to her chest. She has lost the only family she had left. Tears fell freely from her eyes.
"Why? Why? Why?"
She wailed. She never thought that she would have to grieve her sister. She was perfect in every sense of the word.
And her brother-in-law too... He was the best husband any woman would dream to have.
Her sister was scared to marry him at first. But as was the custom, she didn’t have a say in who she can marry. She hadn’t even talked to her fiancé until her wedding. She was scared on her wedding day, worried about how her marriage was going to be.