Disaster

Chapter 14

Disaster

Serkan

I was prepared for the almost foretold disaster that lunch would be.

It was like preparing for a hurricane, when you know it's coming and you have to cover all the windows in the house with wooden siding like the Americans do. Earthquakes are unpredictable, but volcanoes were just like my mother, unstable, unexpected, even though all the gadgets say it could happen at any moment. And then, when it does, you can only run away from the wrath of the fire and the pyroclastic clouds. I had to take cover or run, because I knew disaster was certain. Knowing my mother as she did, she would try to ruin Giulia's reputation before the girl even opened her mouth. And if she managed to say anything, Eda would stomp on her head like they do with snakes, to make sure she died.

I saw Giulia in the hallway as he closed the door to his room. She had made a ponytail out of her long chocolate brown hair and was wearing a long dress with high boots and a jacket. She knew how to