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 suddenly raised my head.

Did Cristina have Marco’s stuff?

“Just a few boxes,” Matteo said. He took them when we made order after the funeral. He said he wanted to keep some photos of Mom Laura for us.

I remembered that period.

After Marco’s death, the house had been full of relatives, papers, telephones and discussions. I didn’t have the power to track each object moved from one room to another.

Cristina had offered to keep a few things that belonged to Laura.

I never thought that there might be a letter of Marco among them.
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Why did he just give it to you now?

Matteo looked at Luke.

“Because I asked her about you.

I’ve frozen.

• About me?

• Yes. We wanted to know why you never had biological children and why you didn’t adopt us after Dad’s death.