I spent so much time in the kitchen where I had prepared breakfast thousands of times, in which I had helped them at homework and in which I listened to them by telling about their first loves and their first disappointments.
Then Luke broke a little from the hug.
- There’s something else.
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I laughed through the tears.
God, how many more surprises do you have?
Matteo smiled.
- One alone.
He took out of his pocket a small box.
Inside was a silver medallion.
On one of the faces were engraved three initials.
P. L. M.
“Paola, Luca and Matteo,” he said.
On the other side there was an inscription.
“Family is not just blood. It means who stays.”
I squeezed the medallion in my palm.
It is the most beautiful gift I have ever received.
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