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.

• You’re starting again?

• Yes, I’m starting again.

Luke turned to me.
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“Mom, when we were little, I thought family was something you get at birth. Then I lost Mom Laura and, later, my dad. I thought our family was shrinking.

He took a break.

“But you showed us that a family can continue to exist even after the greatest losses.

Matteo also raised his glass.

• For our mother.

I smiled through the tears.

• For the two of you.

I knocked the glasses.

That evening, when I got home, I walked through the face of Marco’s photo.

He was still on the shampoo policy, next to Laura’s photo.

I stopped and looked at the face of the man I had loved.

I succeeded, Marco, I whispered.

I don’t know if there’s a place that the departed can see us from.
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