I remember we arrived in Atlanta on a Saturday afternoon. Everything was so beautiful and besides there were a lot of black people in the street. Cassandra Calloway had directed us to a cafe near the airport where she was supposed to pick us up since it should be very complicated at the airport since she had never seen us and neither have we. I know what you are saying to yourself, you probably think that we could have called him and told him how we were dressed etc.… But it was not so simple, given that we were no longer in our country our phone line no longer worked so it was impossible to reach her. We went to the cafe, ordered tea, and waited patiently.
A few minutes later a very elegant lady approached us and spoke to us:
- Excuse me ladies (she tells us), two young girls were supposed to be waiting for me in this cafe but I don't know them face-to-face so it might be a bit complicated to find them. Would you assist me ?
Olivia looked at me and smiled, a way of asking me to speak.
- Indeed ma'am (I say to the lady), I think it is you that we have been waiting for almost an hour. You must be Cassandra Calloway.
- Yes indeed (replied the lady), it's me. And you, you are… Luciana and Olivia Torretto.
- Yes Mrs. Calloway (Olivia answered), delighted
- Nice to meet you (said the lady, hugging us), call me "Aunt Cassie".
-Ok okay (I replied), tell me Aunt Cassie… um… where are we going?
- I'll take you to my place first (Aunt Cassie answered me), you will spend some time there while waiting for you to find an apartment that suits you. Okay ?
- Okay, (Olivia and I answered).
So we followed her. We got to know each other better in the car. Aunt Cassie explained to us that she was dying to meet us; she also told us how mom and they met and how they became friends.