Antonio & Harlow

1- Moving away from Italy

Antonio graduated high school at the early age of sixteen and immediately enrolled into law school. After five years of schooling, passing the bar exam and eighteen months of being under traineeship, he was finally hired by a well-known law firm, hoping to become the next hot shot attorney in Italy.

While in law school, Antonio also learned how to speak the English language, becoming fluent in English, which also helped him take on civil cases of the English speaking in Italy.

He was becoming a prominent attorney early in his career and wanted to further his career by learning the Italian criminal laws to become a criminal attorney. While taking on his civil cases, he did just that and became a criminal attorney. Feeling confident with himself, he took on some criminal cases, winning each case.

His parents, Giorgia and Giovanni, called him one night asking to meet them for dinner at an upscale restaurant, a place where his parents visited frequently. Upon walking into the establishment, he saw where his parents were seated and started walking towards the table. As he approached, they stood, with his mother reaching out to him. "Mother, it's been a while," he said hugging her, then turned to his father. "Father, nice to see you again," he said, shaking his hand before sitting down. "What's the occasion?" he asked as he sat and scooted his chair closer to the table.

Giovanni grabbed the bottle of wine sitting on the table, poured Antonio a glass and handed it to him. "Your mother and I have something we would like to talk to you about."

Antonio nodded his head and picked up the menu, looking at it quick after noticing the seriousness in his father's eyes and as their waitress approached the table asking if they were ready to order. He knew it had to be about something important for them to ask he meet them there. After ordering their meals, Antonio picked up his wine, took a sip, then looked back and forth from his father, to his mother as he set his glass back onto the table. "So, what did you two have to talk to me about?"

"We've sold our home, and it looks like we're moving to Paris." Giovanni explained, smiling as he looked at Giorgia.

"Paris? Why Paris?" Antonio asked surprised.

"I need a change of scenery and it's one of the most romantic cities on this planet," Giorgia said with a smile.

"More of a tourist attraction if you ask me." Antonio groaned, feeling displeased with their decision.

Giorgia could tell the hostility in Antonio's voice and cleared her throat as she picked up her glass of wine. "We were thinking you might like to move with us and become an attorney out there. I heard they're looking for good attorney's, just like you," she said taking a sip of her wine, hoping he would change his mind and move to Paris with them.

Antonio sat quietly for a bit, thinking about what they were saying and thinking about what he too had been up to. As their food arrived, he laid his napkin across his lap and after their waitress left the table, he stared at his food before taking a bite, wondering what to say to them. He wanted to mention how he too has been making plans and now that he knows they're moving away, he felt it's the right time to let them know what he'll be doing.

Antonio took a bite of his food and looked at his mother, hoping what he has to say, she won't make a scene. "It's kind of ironic how you asked me out to dinner, I also have been wanting to ask you both out to dinner," he smiled feeling excited, yet nervous to tell them what he plans on doing.

"Oh, how come?" Giovanni curiously asked with his mouth full of food.

"Well... I've been making some big plans of my own. A while back I applied for a US green card and was approved. To speed up the process, I flew to New York, took the citizenship test and was interviewed to become a citizen of the United States of America, then flew out to Montana, bought some business properties and looked for a job, where I was hired at a law firm."