Isabella

Chapter Nine

The restaurant that Miles took me to was to die for. We went to the Circe, it is an Italian restraint. I love Italian food since, I am Italian, but I don’t get much of it only when I am with my grandparents. So anyway, there was a table waiting for us and everything. The hostess knew Miles by his last name, so I assumed he had been here before. When we were seated, Miles told me that I could pick whatever I wanted and we would both eat the same thing. So I being me decided on: Burrata (fresh Italian cheese, made from mozzarella and cream) as our appetizer. This is fresh Burrata, Marinated Dun Dried Tomatoes and Arugula Salad, Genovese Basil, with Super Tuscan Olive Oil as our appetizer. Then we had Salmon. They did it perfect it was a Roasted Skuna Bay Salmon, Smoked Potato Puree, Winter Baby Vegetables, with Infused Olive Oil. Then for desert we had Panna Cotta (an Italian dessert made by simmering together cream, milk and sugar, mixing this with gelatin, and letting it cool until set). This was a Nutella Panna Cotta, Caramelized Bananas with Vanilla Gelato and Chocolate "Torta".

During dinner we both talked about each other. I told him that I had an older brother, Isaac and that he and I are both close. I told him I lived in San Francisco California, with 6 roommates, all of who are my best friends, as well as one of them being Isaac. We all own a house behind our parents.  I just graduated from school, but I did not know what all I wanted to do with my life. My father told my brother and me that we could take over the family business when we got home. Besides that I lived a pretty boring life.

Miles told me that he was an only child, but he had lots of cousins. However, they were all scatted thought the world. Most of them were in Italy. He had two male cousins Franco, and Geovani that ran the family business with him, here in the states. When he isn’t working here he is in Italy with the rest of the family. He told me that he lied and that he does not work in the music business, he like my father’s family works in the hotel business. I told him that was cool, he then told me that he liked being around me for some reason, however, in a month he was supposed to marry some girl he had never met before to bring the family’s together. He also informed me that his last name was not Owens, that he only used that name when working, and he happened to be working the night I met him, his real last name was Marino. I told him I liked that. He also told me that he loved what I did to my hair, it actually looked really good.

After dinner, we decided to go walking around the strip. Of course I was in heals, but I grew up wearing them, however, I did have days where I would just go around in sweats and flats. I’m just cool that way. Anyway, while walking around the strip, we actually ran into my brother and Nevaeh. Before I could introduce them to Miles, again, they both noticed I had changed my hair. My brother was kind of shocked that I cut and dyed my hair. After they stared at me so long, they asked what I was up to, that was when I introduced Miles to them.

Isaac, asked if he could speak to me a moment and I asked Miles if he minded, he said no, so I spoke with my brother. “Isabella Alessa Genovese what in the world do you think you are doing. You had no right to cut your hair.” “Let me tell you something big brother, I will do as I want, see I have this little card here that says that I am over 21 so, shut your mouth. You cannot tell me what to do anymore.” With that being said, Isaac raised his hand and slapped his sister in the face. He told her “don’t you ever talk to me like that. You are nothing but a girl, and you will listen to me, until you are married. And I don’t for see that happening anytime soon. So why don’t you go over there and tell you little guy friend that it was nice to meet him, and hang out with him but that you need to be getting back to the hotel room. Do I make myself clear? And another thing, you will not be leaving the hotel room without one of us guys with you.” After that was all said, Isabella, walked over to Miles, with a hand over her face so that he couldn’t see what her brother had did, they were in a bathroom when it happened no one saw.

When Miles saw Isabella he knew something was wrong. She walked up to him, and told him “Miles it was nice to meet you, and I had a lovely time tonight, but all of a sudden I am really tired and am not felling to well. I hate to cut the evening short, maybe we can do this again in the future before I have to leave. And so that it is not a bother to you, my brother and Nevaeh will take me back to the hotel. With that, both girls walked back to Isaac. Nevaeh comforted Isabella, and told her that Isaac was just looking out for her; she should know how her older brother was. Isabella told Nevaeh “you know what I do know how my brother is, but he shouldn’t have done what he did, I was on a date for crying out loud. I am 17 years old, I am not a baby. I mean you guys are dating and you are the same age as I am, so what I changed my hair; it was something to do Grandpa didn’t say anything about it other then he said it was cute.  Also, I think that I am going to talk to grandpa and get my own room. Let’s see how my brother likes that.” “Isabella please doesn’t piss your brother off anymore then he is.”