I reached out to the letter,s. but my fingers were shaking so hard that I couldn’t get it. Luke noticed and gently pushed the glass of water towards me, while Matteo sat in the chair to my right.

I’ve frozen.

Who told you that?

– Aunt Cristina.

I remembered right away.

About a year after Marco’s death, I had received a job offer in a private clinic in Switzerland.
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The salary was much better than the one at the hospital in Bologna.

But it would have meant moving and leaving the boys in someone else’s care, at least for a while.

I didn’t accept it.

I hadn’t even told them.

It was just a job offer, I murmured.

“It was a chance to have an easier life,” said Luke.

My life was here.

Matteo wiped his tears.

That’s exactly what we want to understand. We were your choice. Now we want you to be our choice.

I haven’t been able to say anything.

I stood up and hugged them both.

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