Lina falls asleep as soon as she closes her eyes.
Oddly enough as soon as drifts off, she finds herself inside her father's barn.
Lina twirls looking up at the beams on the ceiling.
She lets out a happy sigh as she says under her breath "mi mancava questo posto".
Suddenly she hears a whisper "Come".
Lina closes her eyes, "Madre? Mother is that you?"
Oddly enough as soon as drifts off, she finds herself inside her father's barn.
Lina twirls looking up at the beams on the ceiling.
She lets out a happy sigh as she says under her breath "mi mancava questo posto".
Suddenly she hears a whisper "Come".
Lina closes her eyes, "Madre? Mother is that you?"
The voice replies "mia cara".
Lina starts looking around for the voice, "Oh, how I missed your accent" she says.
The heavily accented Dressalo voice beckons her "L-i-n-a-".
Lina opens the barn doors going to step out, she sees the place of her childhood.
With a dazed expression she looks around. "Madre? Am I dreaming?".
As soon as she walks on the path, suddenly she's on a dark bridge.
"Madre, what is this?" she asks her mother.
Suddenly she feels her mother's hands on her shoulders.
She turns to look but no one is there.
She fills her mothers laugh on her neck. "Why are you so tense?" Bella asks her daughter.
Lina frowns, "There's this man, he keeps calling me a whore and saying that I lied. But I'm not and I haven't lied. I mean, I didn't on purpose. I don't think I ...".
The feeling of her mother's index finger presses against her lips.
"Natalina Bella, men always call you a whore when they want to control you".
Lina growls under her breath, "Why do you call me that when no one is around?".
Bella snaps back "Watch your tone young lady".
Lina takes a deep breath, as her mother starts to play with her hair.
"Madre, Ahti was my first, I'm not a whore."
Lina's mother tugs on her hair with an irritated voice "Why Ahti, Natalina, Why him?".
Lina scrunches her nose, "Madre, I love him and he doesn't try to control me like everyone else".
A moment of silence passes.
"Lina, remember the song about the copper I use to sing you? hm? Her mother pauses breifly,
"I have Fen and Novellia now."
Lina looks at the ground, "can you just call her Ella? Nove isn't nice to me anymore, I regret that name. Madre, Is Fen a boy?".
Lina feels her mother wrap her arms around her, Lina hugs her tightly back.
"Si. Lina, you need to stop trusting these people. Stop trying to help them, they don't want the truth…"
Lina interrupts, "Why did you run away, was it because of your family?"
Lina feels her mother pull away as her voice turns stoic,
"No, Lina. I didn't run from la mia famiglia, I ran from yours".
"Madre, what do you mean?" Lina asks, looking for where her mother's spirit went,
"My family, do you mean my real father's family? Who was your first husband? Amy says.."
Bella cuts her off "heh- Amy can only tell you what I told her father."
Lina asks impatiently, "What does that mean?"
"A long time ago, I made sure you would never find out." Bella bursts into a fading sardonic laugh as Lina is startled awake with confusion.
~
Lina starts looking around for the voice, "Oh, how I missed your accent" she says.
The heavily accented Dressalo voice beckons her "L-i-n-a-".
Lina opens the barn doors going to step out, she sees the place of her childhood.
With a dazed expression she looks around. "Madre? Am I dreaming?".
As soon as she walks on the path, suddenly she's on a dark bridge.
"Madre, what is this?" she asks her mother.
Suddenly she feels her mother's hands on her shoulders.
She turns to look but no one is there.
She fills her mothers laugh on her neck. "Why are you so tense?" Bella asks her daughter.
Lina frowns, "There's this man, he keeps calling me a whore and saying that I lied. But I'm not and I haven't lied. I mean, I didn't on purpose. I don't think I ...".
The feeling of her mother's index finger presses against her lips.
"Natalina Bella, men always call you a whore when they want to control you".
Lina growls under her breath, "Why do you call me that when no one is around?".
Bella snaps back "Watch your tone young lady".
Lina takes a deep breath, as her mother starts to play with her hair.
"Madre, Ahti was my first, I'm not a whore."
Lina's mother tugs on her hair with an irritated voice "Why Ahti, Natalina, Why him?".
Lina scrunches her nose, "Madre, I love him and he doesn't try to control me like everyone else".
A moment of silence passes.
"Lina, remember the song about the copper I use to sing you? hm? Her mother pauses breifly,
"I have Fen and Novellia now."
Lina looks at the ground, "can you just call her Ella? Nove isn't nice to me anymore, I regret that name. Madre, Is Fen a boy?".
Lina feels her mother wrap her arms around her, Lina hugs her tightly back.
"Si. Lina, you need to stop trusting these people. Stop trying to help them, they don't want the truth…"
Lina interrupts, "Why did you run away, was it because of your family?"
Lina feels her mother pull away as her voice turns stoic,
"No, Lina. I didn't run from la mia famiglia, I ran from yours".
"Madre, what do you mean?" Lina asks, looking for where her mother's spirit went,
"My family, do you mean my real father's family? Who was your first husband? Amy says.."
Bella cuts her off "heh- Amy can only tell you what I told her father."
Lina asks impatiently, "What does that mean?"
"A long time ago, I made sure you would never find out." Bella bursts into a fading sardonic laugh as Lina is startled awake with confusion.
~
