Consumed By temptation Of Chaos | Eng version

Chapter; four

— Isabella Vitiello

The eyes cautious Uncle Luca squeezed to the pieces once more, he drummed his fingers on the table as he strategically analyzed his movements. He filled his lungs with air and let it out as he slowly shook his head as if his mind was in agreement with his next moves, he slowly lifted the piece and lifted his chin squinting his eyes at me as he lowered his king almost in slow motion onto the board . I gave him a smile

      "Are you sure about this, are you going to bet on this one?" My lips curled into a smile and his eyes darted quickly to me.

    "I won't fall for your attempts to mislead me, Isa." He raised one of his eyebrows and moved the piece again but left it hanging in the air as if rethinking it, so he played, finally dropping it onto the board in his move.

      "Okay... so dear Luca Vitiello, my queen destroys your king." With a victorious smile I moved my piece and he rose.

    "Fuck it, it's not possible," he growled in disbelief and I grinned in victory, finally leaning my back against the chair and crossing my arms over my chest.

      Mom and Aunt Aria walked in together, both in their bathing suits and summer hats.

      "Did you finish this infinite game?" said Aunt Aria approaching her husband, she gently rubbed his shoulders with a bright smile.

Uncle Luca and I had been playing this game since our first day in the Hamptons.
"I won again," I said smiling and Aunt Aria smiled.

      "You're very smart, I didn't expect any different." She winked.

      "Indeed you created a monster," Uncle Luca snorted at my mother.

      "I've made a lot of mistakes, but when I made my peanuts, I killed it," my mother said and I grimaced.

        "Don't forget it came from my bag, all the intelligence was here," Dad said with his huge smile.

"Father!" I screamed in horror and feigned vomiting, the elders grinned.

    "Stop traumatizing our peanut with your ugly words Matteo!" Mom smacked him on the arm.

     "I'm going to join the girls before my vomiting starts to get real." I rolled my eyes when I saw Aunt Aria crushed into a kiss by Uncle Luca.

       "Let's see if you think so in your turn." Aunt Aria wiped her now red and swollen lips and gave me an awkward, embarrassed smile.

      "She won't get one!" Dad and Uncle Luca interfered in unison and Mom grunted.

I walked away from them as they embarked on their usual discussions, mom and uncle Luca lived like cat and dog, but deep down they loved each other very much.

As soon as I got outside the breeze picked me up making my hair fly everywhere. In the distance I could see Valerio and Flavio on their jet skis, I waved to them.

Greta and Aurora were having a deep conversation by the huge pool. Amo and Maximus were playing with their guns shooting target dummies.

I brushed the hair out of my face and walked towards Flavio and Valerio, but a bark caught my attention. I tilted my head and could find my cousin Sara in the construction site she had been building on a few months ago.

She had her hands full of dirt and her face too, with a bib and a calm, concentrated face. Sara, like me, was struggling with her demons, she had gone through some traumas and now she was trying to find her happiness with Maximus and his flowers and plants.