FIFTY FIVE

Brielle....

Brie watched as Giovanni is impatiently drumming his fingers on his desk.Paula has asked for all of them to be here and she wonders what's going on,they all are present except for the kids.Tino,Marco, Marcelo,Ari, Giovanni,their grandmother and herself.

"I don't even know where to begin."Paula started setting her empty cup of tea on the table and facing everyone.

"At the beginning."Giovanni demanded.

"Your mother's death and her disappearance a few days before her death wasn't an accident....it was all planned."Silence filled the room not one word is uttered....a pin can drop and one would hear it. Brie looked at Giovanni and by the fists on his hands she can tell something will hit the floor soon.Or whoever might upset him now will meet their death.

"What are you talking about abuelita?"Marco finally asked when the silence continued.