Brunello Zambelli

### Relatives

Matteo Zambelli (Father), Boris Zambelli (Brother), Matteo Abbacchio-Zambelli (Son), Giovanna Abbacchio (Daughter), Raphael Abbacchio (Son)

## Appearances

### Debut

Canon 1

Business owner and investor, Brunello Zambelli is a

## Backstory

### Childhood

Resting in a lighthouse home on the shores of Amalfi, Italy, the Zambelli household seemed as tight as any other family in town. Being significantly younger than her older brother (by 10 years), Brunello was raised by parents that were much too old to be having a second child at their age but that didn’t stop them from raising her right. Bruno was proper, raised to be courteous, and very mature for her age which her parents were very aware of. This is why when they decided to divorce, they allowed the 11 year old girl to choose who she felt most comfortable staying with.

Naturally, Bruno chose her father. She was a momma’s girl but felt her father wouldn’t be able to handle being alone. Giana was a very outspoken woman, charismatic and always happy. Matteo, on the other hand, was sheltered and quiet. He was a man who stuck to his ship and lighthouse maintenance. He wasn’t a man who could carry himself in social situations and would work himself to exhaustion to make sure his family stayed happy. Bruno couldn’t leave him and knew her brother was too busy attending college to stay with him.

Bruno had found a way to juggle school and assisting her father on the shores when she could. It wasn’t often, but some seasons the family business would become low on jobs and Bruno would find a small job somewhere in town to bring home what she could. Matteo made sure his daughter understood that she didn’t have to but Bruno was too determined to help and Matteo idolized that in his girl.

Giana never visited Bruno as she promised she would when she left. With her moving to France after the separation, it became hard for Bruno to visit her and the only times she would visit was for Christmas. Even then, she stopped coming after a few years and made it seem as if she had forgotten not only Bruno but Boris who would visit nearly monthly and make it known that she had dropped all contact with him. Bruno felt betrayed to say the least so any involvement with her mother afterwards was treated with disappointment and silence.

### A Life of Crime

For Bruno’s 18th birthday, she and her father had attended a theater production of Bruno’s favorite show Il Postino: The Postman. At some point during the show there was a group of rowdy men who seemed to have drank too much and bought tickets that night purely looking for something to do. They became so much of a nuisance behind the Zambelli family that Matteo had not only asked them to quiet down several times but ended up asking them to be escorted out by theater security. The men didn’t like this and waited until the show was over to confront both Matteo and Bruno on their walk home.

There was no point in trying to talk anything out with the men. They made it very clear that their intentions were to leave with blood on the knives tucked into their coat pockets. Taking turns, the men went one by one when it came to beating on Matteo. One of the men held Bruno back and refused to let the young woman go as she kicked and screamed for her father whose life she saw draining away before her very eyes. Bruno had blacked out for the remainder of that night.

When Bruno had came to, she found herself in a jail cell being detained for the murder of the three men she didn't remember killing. The trial was long, almost a year to be exact, and the only support Bruno seemed to have was her brother as Giana never bothered contacting the family, per usual, and Matteo was one of the fateful victims that night.

Bruno was found not guilty due to the situation being defined as self defense. Bruno and Boris were overjoyed but still, Bruno felt as if she couldn't return to that lighthouse. It felt like a terrible reminder of the life she once lived and had ruined because she wanted to see some stupid theatrical show for her birthday. Bruno sold the business and the home and used the money to move to Bangor, Maine where she dedicated her time to finding a job and studying until she was able to buy a business of her own.

### Maine

Not too long after moving to the United States, Bruno Zambelli suffers cardiac arrest and is diagnosed with Atrial Septal Defects. Because of this, they are given a pacemaker to regulate their heart. Through the rehabilitation and hospitalization, she met Leone Abbacchio; an albino man who was currently in the psychiatry unit being treated for his mental health issues. The two instantly hit it off and after exchanging numbers, it would be weeks before they saw one another again.

Leone was drunk and sickly when Bruno found him on the side of the road. Disappointed with his relapse, Bruno brought him to her apartment and spent months nursing him back to health. During this time, the two had fallen in love and eventually Bruno was pregnant with her first child.