#ian spaghetti

PROLOGUE:

GIOVANNI / IAN SPAGHETTI

Born in northern Italy, on November 22nd 1951, Giovanni G. Spaghetti was raised by his father, Julius Feta, and his uncle Giuseppe Spaghetti who was the local priest. He never met his mother, Giulia Spaghetti. She had died an hour after birth, leaving Giovanni and Julius to rely on support from the church. Julius didn't know that there were consequences to leaving his defenceless son with the clergymen.

At age 6, Giovanni moved to Scotland with his father to start a new life. There was a murder. Giuseppe, supposedly the kind, and loving priest, was found out to be abusive, manipulative sinner; along with the rest of the men who worked in the church. Julius' sister and Giovanni's aunt, Elena Feta, visited the church after service on the day of Easter, 1957. She saw something so sinful, she sobbed as she stabbed Giuseppe.

In 1958, Giovanni G. Spaghetti had his name changed to Ian J. Spaghetti. The G stood for Giuseppe, it was changed for obvious reasons. Julius worked as a professor teaching linguistics, he knew Giovanni belonged to the same root name (Ioannes) as Ian.

In 1964, Ian was freshly Year 9. He fell in love with a girl called Mary Oakwood. After a week of dating, he realised she wasn't who he thought she was. She hurt him physically and emotionally so much that he was admitted to a mental hospital 4 hours away.

1979, February 16th

Locked in the bathroom, Evangeline weeped. Her charming boys were on their way back from a fishing trip, unknowing of what was happening at home. Eva was losing her lovely hair, her skin was cracking and peeling off, but at least she was of her desired weight. Knock, Knock. Ian, dear Ian, was home. She heard her son's giggles, sweet as sugar giggles. Tears burst from her eyes, moisturising her skin. Bang, Bang. Ian started pounding on the door, begging her to open it. Eventually, he managed to punch a hole through the door. After a bit of struggle, Ian grabbed the handle and opened the wooden door. It immediately fell to the floor after vigorous banging. He held her in his arms as she sobbed. Their son stood in the doorway looking at the frame.

1979, March 18th

Evangeline and Ian argue playfully at the dinner table. She is a month pregnant, they already started thinking about baby names. Evangeline wants me call the baby Einar for a boy, or Madwen for a girl. However, Ian wants to call the baby Mavros for a boy, or Elena for a girl. Antonio butts in with Redmund for a boy, or Georgia for a girl. The two characters from his picture book. Evangeline broke out into a fit of laughter, while Ian encouraged his imagination. Interrupting again, Antonio asks about where his name is from. Ian explains that Antonio is the name of a clergyman who helped raise him when he was around Antonio's age. Followed up with Evangeline explaining Cillian is her great uncle's name, and Holden is her sister in law's father. It was just a question that caused Antonio to realise his family is massive, despite knowing he has 9 uncles only on his motherr's side.

1979, May 23rd

1977, September 25th

Antonio is finally going to school, he is scared but Evangeline tells him, "Don't worry, your dad is going to school too.". Antonio didn't know that Ian worked there as a teacher, not as a student. He felt happy to go now. It wasn't something to be happy about. At lunchtime, a boy, by the name Ethan Puffparker, had bitten Antonio on the arm because 'He has the yucky name'. The Puffparkers were infamous for their extreme xenophobia to anyone who wasn't Welsh. This would be a withstanding battle between Antonio and Ethan. Even, Ian got harassed by Ethan's older sister, Charlotte, who he taught Year 7 science to.

1977, December 4th

As Ian cooked dinner, Evangeline layed in her bed lying about being too unwell to eat. Antonio had been crying for a hour because he thought his mum was going to die. "If you skip a meal, you will die slowly." Ian always told him. She knew that she was affecting everyone else but she couldn't just tell Ian about her issues. He wouldn't understand what she was going through. Dinner was done. Ian went to their bedroom to check on Evangeline. She was sobbing, sick people normally have a lack of energy but telling by her bloodcurdling cries and ear-splitting wails Evangeline was not physically ill. Ian was speechless, he just watched in shock. Antonio, on the other hand, jumped into her arms and cheered her up. Poor Evangeline was a sad, sad woman.

1978, July 5th