A Summer Holiday

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“Family is where life begins & love never ends” -unknown Nervously, I raised my fist in the air, with a question reappearing in my mind over and over again. Will she remember me? I took a deep breath, and knocked, knocked on the door which I haven’t knocked on for three years. Sig.ra Arabella, Nonna’s nurse, opened the door to find me standing with a small suitcase of my favourite color, yellow. Nonna’s depressing grey house reminded me of my colorless days in the office, back before I started working for AliTalia.“Ciao! Good to see you again!” she said with a wide grin on her plump, rosy face. “I’m sure you remember how to take care of your Nonna from last time, if what you have my phone number and I’ll come back everyday at half past 10 and leave at eight” she said walking outside the porch with her keys with a little heart keychain dangling back and forth. She unlocked her bordo Toyota Corolla, waved goodbye, and drove off. Knowing how bad of a driver Sig.ra Arabella is, I hoped she wouldn’t scratch my new Nissan which I have been saving up for two years. Being a flight atten...

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