Chapter 10 - My Mother Survived Her Treatment, Emma Became Alessandro’s Greatest Weakness, and the Most Feared Man in New York Learned How to Be Part of a FamilyMy mother survived.
The treatment worked.
Emma visited her every afternoon.
Alessandro came once.
My mother looked at him.
“So you're the famous Mr. Moretti.”
He smiled.
“And you're Sophia's mother.”
“Yes.”
“Thank you for raising her.”
My mother looked confused.
“Why?”
“Because she raised Emma to be honest.”
My mother smiled.
“Then she did something right.”
Emma ran between them.
“Grandma!”
Alessandro laughed.
I had never heard him laugh like that.
It was real.
Soft.
The man the city feared had become part of our family.
He helped Emma with homework.
Took her to school.
Attended parent meetings.
Bought too many presents.
I warned him.
He ignored me.
“You're spoiling her.”
“She deserves it.”
“She already has twenty-seven stuffed animals.”
“Then she needs twenty-eight.”
Emma laughed.
That was the beginning.
Not a dramatic proposal.
Not a contract.
Just dinners.
School runs.
Hospital visits.
May you like
Ordinary moments.
Those became more valuable than anything.
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