He had memories of Francesco. He had not been on the plane with them. "My brother, you will be vindicated " A complex blend of nostalgia and bitterness stirred within him as he pondered. Although Italy had been a constant presence in his Canadian life through cuisine, language, and relatives, it now felt like a foreign nation, a place that belonged to a distant past. Its history had been marked by deception, flight, death, and unspeakable pain. And now he was on a mission: vengeance. There was no room for sentimentality.
In 2001, the surviving members of an Italian family found refuge in Toronto, Canada after escaping a series of terrible misfortunes. In the years that followed, they were able to rebuild a seemingly normal life far away from their homeland.