Laurel's Lover

ountains and valleys, the country was full of farms pastures, they drove a quaint little town with a restaurant, bank, butcher shop, beauty parlor, and a jewelry stor

rying. Her phone begins to ring, she wipes the tears and snot away on her sleeve and answers phone in a cheery voice, "hi Laurel here, hey sweetie it's mom I wanted to tell you that your father and I are flying in for the funeral and leaving tonight on the red eye and taking a non-stop flight, your father are staying a week or two and taking a little vacay, we'll see tomorrow morning or evening, love you baby girl, bye." Laurel hangs up the phone and finishes unpacking and putting everything away, she stashes her suitcase and bags in the closet. She walks through the bedroom door and her nostrils are flooded with the smell of homemade pasta and bread. It smelled amazing. It made Laurel's belly growl. She walks downstairs and heads to the kitchen where she sees her cousin slaving over a hot stove and Juliana is sitting outside enjoying the view. Laurel goes outside to check on her new friend to see how she is adjusting, Laurel sits next her and says, "can you believe all this is gonna be mine, I never thought I would own me on slice of heaven, I dreamed about living in Italy and it's a true blessing that I in the here and now doing it. Your grandmother must really have loved you to choose you to inherit this property business, and the house, Juliana responded." She knew how much I loved Italy and this house, and the land. I practically grew up here. I came here every summer until I got married, then you know how that goes. My heart has always been in Tuscany, I love it, it's so breathtaking and relaxing here." So, Juliana asks curiously, what does this new job entail and what would be doing? Well Laurel answers, you'd be a tour guide, taking people down through the vineyards and barn, you would be assisting customers with wine and cheese samples. Oh, Juliana said surprisingly, it seems easy enough. What would you be doing? I don't know yet. I have to go over the details with my gram's lawyer after the funeral on Friday. That's when I'll find out when the will gets read. Liliana calls the girls in for dinner, and help serve and Juliana pours the wine as the girls sit down together for the first time as roommates, after dinner Juliana and Laurel wash and dry the dishes, Liliana is on the couch with her feet up reading one of her favorite magazines, when the dishes were done, Liliana took the girls on the tour of