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I was just so damn proud of the kid… Mamma would be proud of the o?" Levi asked nervously, and Lexi broke froly arht around her back I noticed her subtle flinch, but it was Levi and he adored her She’d beco out on having a parental figure in his life

Pix had a heart of gold

"You gonna be all right, okay, sweetie We’re here for you," Lexi said as she pulled back and rubbed at Levi’s arged and,back only to place rave; tutto bene, fratellinowill be fine, little brother I swear it

Lexi walked away to ourus a private olden urn protectively in her ar smile told me it was time

Ma up that the Ponte Vecchio was her e that ran over the top of the Fiume Arno, the Arno River It symbolized her ho us all its beauty one day

She never got that chance

When Maht This was her home; Italia was her soul, her heart And it was about time she made her per the length of the Ponte Vecchio, Lexi’s hands in each of ours, our rock in this ely deserted on this wintery but sunny day It was like God knee were about to do and wanted to pay His respects, giving us sohter

We passed the row of little houses that were placed along the old bridge, and I wondered which one belonged to Mamma’s family Her nonna lived in one of the historic tiny houses until her death years ago, and Marow up

I looked upon the tiny houses, the bridge, onder, and I i with her friends, singing for the locals in her perfect soprano pitch, her dancer liave e, I leaned over the old stone wall and looked down upon the running floater below I felt Lexi’s hand lay flat to ht, I looked to Levi and hooked my ar in his eyes, but like a cha my arm from around Levi, I held the s the people fro out to watch us say our farewell

Moving closer to the wall, I looked out over the h h Mamma Il Duomo di Firenze, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, all of it I had h reen, white, and red too

"Baby?" Lexi whispered and laid her head on my shoulder "Would you like to say a feords? You know, to hter in old reflecting in the sun Turning my head to the side, I pressed a kiss onin her sweet scent and using it to gather strength

Taking a deep breath, I stared down at the urn, ht fro soon For a year I’ve planned this, worked hard to make you proud…" I looked over to Levi, who had reached his arhtly in his own, and ed, but clearing it with a cough, I"A lot has happened since you left us, Mamma I’ve made your dreaood, Maood We made it to the Superbowl this year but lost to the Seahawks To Rome, Mamma You would’ve loved to have seen us both play"

I let out a s ood school and is sticking in, working hard, and Axe--"

My hands began shaking as I thought about Axel He was still inside, having served one year of his ten-year sentence for distribution of class-A drugs I visited him when I could andout with us