"Please, have a seat."

"Oh, why thank you!" thanked Antonio as he sat down next to Arnaldo at the dining table. Next to him was Maria, who sat squished in-between her brother and her sister. Angelica set down opposite to her girlfriend, next to her father.

"Where is your wife?" asked her father, just as her mother came in and sat down next to him.

"She's in the kitchen," she answered for the old Italian.

"Why is she in the kitchen?" demanded to know ...