I'll Be Seeing You {RadioDust}

Chapter 29

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Monday, March 14th, 1921
New York City
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It was early one morning that the Ragnatela household was beginning to rise for the day; seven in the morning sharp, but even this was considered late for routine.

Anthony was just crawling out of bed when he heard something that always seemed to crack him up no matter what time of day it was or what the context was.
His father's voice rung through the halls of the estate as he sang in the bathroom as he got ready for the day.
A smile crept up to Anthony's face as he tried to hold back his laughter at his father's dramatics, making his way to the bathroom that his father was in and sat outside. While there were other bathrooms in the house he could use, he wasn't going to pass up his father's vocal show.
It was safe to assume Molly and Giovanni were already awake and off doing their own things because Molly would have been with him right outside the door with her twin.
They always got a kick out of this.

Molly, someone who usually had to wake up early but more than often was one of the last ones to, surprisingly found herself waking up rather early that morning. When the time hit seven, she was sitting at her vanity, still in her nightgown, but about to dress, however, the echoing of some rather loud opera singing coming from what sounded like down the hallway made a smirk pull up her lips.

"La donna è mobile. Qual piuma al vento, muta d'accento, e di pensiero. Sempre un amabile, leggiadra viso, in pianto o in riso, è menzognera."
His father sang out with as much passion and feeling as he seemed to possibly muster.
This song in particular was only ever sung when it was getting close to the anniversary of Henry's wife's passing. It was something he would sing for her all the time. The song in question was Guiseppe Verdi's 'La donna è mobile', an opera that meant a lot to them as a couple. It was coming up quickly, only a few weeks away.
March thirtieth.

"La donna è mobil qual piuma al vento muta d'accento e di pensier!"
The singing continued, Anthony taking a seat right next to the door, mouthing the words along with his father and swishing his hands in sync with the rhythm as if leading an orchestra or the singer himself.

Standing from the vanity and walking over to the door, Molly couldn't help the snort of a laugh that she let out as she listened for a moment or two. Whether Anthony was already out there listening, she didn't care, but she made her exit to the hallway dramatic, swinging her bedroom door open and stepping out miming the lyrics to the song just as her father started the main tune of the song again.

"E' sempre misero. Chi a lei s'affida!"

Anthony heard the door open from just down the hall, head whipping in the direction as a wide smile pulled at his lips and started to stand again once he saw his sister come forward with her dramatics.

"Chi le confida, mal cauto il cuore!"
Anthony crossed his arms over his chest and made himself look stern before softening his expression as the singing continued, the twins mouthing the words in time.
"Pur mai non sentesi, felice appieno, chi su quel seno non liba amore!"
He put a hand over his heart and got down on one knee, acting out the lyrics as he then mimicked having a bow and arrow in his hands and aimed for his sister for the next and final verse.

It took everything within Molly not to break down in laughter at both her father's loud opera and Anthony's mimicking actions that fit so well with the song.
As Anthony got down on one knee, Molly slowly yet dramatically began to walk down the hall towards him, clasping her hands together in a pleading motion as she neared her brother.