Chapter 4
Chapter 4
A few days after Giovanni's departure, the narrator receives a call from him asking for help. She travels to Barumini in Sardinia, where Giovanni has found his grandmother's house. Together they discover a locked trunk containing a recipe book and letters that reveal a hidden family story, deepening Giovanni's quest.
The days after Giovanni left passed in a quiet rhythm. I returned to my own routines—morning coffee, the clatter of the keyboard, the soft light filtering through the window—but my thoughts kept drifting south, to an island I had never seen. The message from Cagliari stayed with me, that line from Signora Elena about digging with your hands. I wondered what Giovanni had found in the soil.
Then, on the third evening, my phone rang. His name appeared on the screen, and I answered to the sound of wind and a distant rooster.
"I'm at the house," he said. His voice was tired but alive, a thread of wonder running through it. "It's smaller than I remembered. The garden is wild—fennel and rosemary have taken over the paths. But the walls still smell of her. Of bread and olive oil and the sea."
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