Moose Road - a Canadian Tragedy ... an excerpt

an excerpt

"I look around the room.  Maria is crying. Roseanne is crying. The baby is crying and even Rocco, my big, strong Rocco, is crying.

Oh, my God! Can it be true?  Oh mio dio!  Oh, my God! Don't let it be true!

I don't know I am yelling out loud.  My voice is not attached to me.  I hear the OPP guy telling me to calm down.

"You tellin' me my son is dead and you want me to calm down?"  I shout, "I'll knock your block off!"

I take a swing at the cop.  He ducks, then grabs my arms and swoops me around so I am turned away from him.  There I am, trapped, staring at my family.  I feel him slap the cuffs on me.

The cop kept talking.  "Calm down, Mr. Facchinello.  I'll take the handcuffs off as soon as you calm down.  I'm sorry for your loss, sir."

"He's sorry for my loss?  It's true?  It's true my Santo is dead?"

I look at Maria again.  She is nodding her head.  "Franco, it's true.  Our boy is gone."

"Oh, my God!  Oh mio dio!  Oh, my dear God!"

I collapse on a chair in the front room and stare at my family huddling together on the couch.  I am Franco Facchinello.  I can repair anything.  But my Santo is dead.  This I cannot fix.

There is no one to comfort Franco Facchinello.

I'm no longer connected to myself.  I see Rocco and Roseanne comforting my Maria.

I let the tears come.  The OPP guy, he takes the cuffs off my wrists.  I am alone.  My head is attached now.  It aches and I hold it in my hands.  There is no one to comfort me.  A man cannot bear to be so alone."

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Moose Road, a Canadian Tragedy is a novel available exclusively in Paperback and Kindle format on Amazon.  It is also available in audio book format narrated by the very talented,  John Carter Aimone, on Amazon, Audibles, and Itunes for your listening pleasure.

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