Chiara Torrisi

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“The Law and the In-Law” by Chiara Torrisi

Submitted to Contest #17

 “So, this is the ring he gave you. I don’t like it.”“Dad, please. And don't talk so loud, he'll come back in a minute. He can listen!"“Come on. Maybe he can listen, but he can’t understand. This is not his language.”“But dad, of course he understands! He speaks like us. He is one of us, now.”“Ah-a.”His father-in-law's sarcastic expression explained what he thought about the "one of us" part. He could see him and his newly-married wife in the lunchroom: he stopped just before entering when he understood they spoke about him. He wanted t...

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Reader, blogger, sometimes writer. From Italy. My blog about travels, culture, food and other stuff: https://scoprireinviaggio.com/