Alghero Airport, Sardinia.
The sun is blistering as I step onto the pavement..I wave down a taxi.
"Hey can you take me into Town?" I ask him and he nods.
'From what he said it must be easy to find her just ask any man and they'll know..'
"Miss you should Try a Cafe she's an American but her teas are beautiful!" He suggests.
"American? Take me there please." I ask.
"Her name is Kate Mossini, I know her father. Small business just outside of town." He explains.
I nod.
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I'm treated to the stunning views of Sardinia and the city. Such a rich and beautiful culture definitely a far cry from Hong Kong.
We pull up to a small cafe. He turns and smiles.
"This ride is on me.." he winks.
I nod and get out..
'Does he know..?'
Ignoring that I walk into the cafe, it's small and empty apart from a single man sat in the corner with a newspaper. Very shady.
"Ciao!" A lady walks to the till.
"H-hello.. I don't speak Italian." I tell her.
She smiles and nods. "Oh that's fine I'm originally American." She explains.
I chuckle..
"I've got a feeling your not here for coffee.." she leans on the counter.
The man puts his newspaper down.. "your right actually, I'm looking for someone."
She nods.
"And who's that?" The man asks.
My head turns to him.
"Etty Melodis." I say.
Kate looks at the man and his faces goes blushed. "Do you know her?"
She chuckles.
"Yeah she's upstairs.."
"Huh? She is?! Can I go see her?" I ask.
"Yeah sure.. why do you want meet her?" She asks.
"She's related to me."
Kate nods and begins walking away, I follow her and she leads me up the stairs around back.
"She's pregnant, that man downstairs is the dad. Actually she mentioned she was going home for Christmas." She says.
"What is she like?" I ask her.
"She's Witty, has a huge scar on her face from a accident at work she looks scary as hell, but she's a softy at heart!" She smiles.
I hum as we come up to the door. Kate knocks, a set of footsteps can be heard as I anticipate who I will see!
*CREEK*
"What do you want? I'm sleeping!" She cries with a saggy tired face. Her scar runs all the way from her hairline to her jaw on the left side her eye is clearly fake, she does look scary then you pan down to her abdomen which holds a big belly.
She wipes her eyes. "Are you gonna answering me?"
"Someone's here to see you, I'll be downstairs." She looks and nods at me.
"Huh?" Her eyes open wide and she looks at me...
Tilting her head she inspects me like a familiar face she's seen her whole life, she shakes her head and looks again this time she squints.
"Who the.. hell are you?" She asks stepping out of the flat and into my face, she grabs my cheeks and pulls them out and checks my hair and smells it.
"You can't be Enid, that's not her shampoo. Are you a shifter?" She asks me in a confused message.
"A body manipulator? No! I'm Emaline Hun and I think you might be related to me." I smile.
She groans, a face of shock frozen into her head.
"Your Desmonds daughter..." she tells me.
"Huh? How do you know?"
"If I was drunk I wouldn't be able to spot a difference! Your definitely his daughter!" She begins laughing..
"That's actually who I'm looking for.. you see I'm from Hong Kong and he's my well.."
"Dad? Yeah get in line he's mine too.." she chuckles..
My heart stops and starts as a cold sweat comes behind my ears, the thought this woman is my.. MY SITSER?!
"Your my..?"
"SISTER!" She jumps on me and hugs me.
"I've always wanted a sister! I mean Evelynn can hardly be called a woman at this point oh my god! They're going to love you!" She cries and juggles me.
"Huh?! Who im so confused?!"
"The family! Oh I have to call! Oh wait this will be my Christmas present to everyone my secret Santa.." she giggles to herself.
"Im your present?"
"Yeah! Aunt Avery gets super angry at me and shouts if I never bring a present which most of the time I don't." She smiles with her tongue poking out.
Im utterly stunned at this woman, is she even real? How can someone act like this?
"And before you wonder, we aren't actually sisters! Im Desmonds Adopted daughter me and my brother." She explains.
"Brother?" I nearly faint.
"Hey! Wait George couldn't even be classed as human maybe more like a ornament or maybe a pet turtle!"
"So your adopted does that mean Desmonds single? It's kinda a reason I came looking.."
Her face, eyes and expression drop.. then a burst out of insane laughter. "I think your out of look just wait to you meet Enid!"
"Enid? Is that his wife?" I ask in a worry.
"Wife? Mom might aswell be a little skin tag that hangs from him!" She chuckles.
"Huh?! Oh no! Mom's gonna hate me.." I hide my face.
She walks over and hugs me. "Hey you still have to come! They have to meet you! I have seen him but our Dad has been pretty down in the dumps recently and you being there might cheer him!" She smiles.
"Really? Would he want to see me?" I ask her my lip quivers.
"Desmond Melodis? He's never not wanted to meet a woman." She winks..
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We stay for a few days in Sardinia as Etty says goodbye to her many 'friends'. For some reason I had to pay for the flights to Montana the US! Cheapskate!
She tells me fun facts about Desmond and it's kinda on the lines of what mom says. He's charismatic and doesn't stop talking...
I'm sorry Mom I'll try my best but I don't this mans coming home with me...
