Chapter 11 - Emma Started Calling the Old Mansion “Daddy’s Broken House,” and Lorenzo Turned It Into the Safe Home His Daughter DeservedThe mansion changed.

The old chapel became a library.
The dangerous basement became a security command center.
The garden became a children's playground.
The room where Lorenzo nearly died became a family room.
Emma painted the walls.
Pink.
Lorenzo hated it.
He let her keep it.
Clara moved in.
The girls became inseparable.
They played.
Fought.
Laughed.
They didn't care about trusts.
Bloodlines.
Empires.
They just wanted pancakes.
I learned to make them.
Lorenzo learned too.
He was terrible.
Emma called them “burnt circles.”
He was offended.
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She laughed.
The house finally sounded like a home.
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