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"Anyhen I saw that sculpture, I looked up the artist, an Italian An Italian orked with Carraraand the Firenzian Fleur de Lys tattoos on reen, white and red, a sense of pride flowed throughthe man who carved that sculpture was also Italian

"I felt a link to e as I looked at that sculpture Butthe sculptor wanted to portray in his work I didn’t know shit about the story of Cupid and Psyche, but from that one sculpture I knew they loved each other… desperately I got so much from that one statue

"I told Daryl I wanted to try it and went from there I had a ton of disasters over the next year Daryl wanted me to use modern tools, but I refused I’d beco the tools he used"

I huffed "Turns out that was a good thing It gave ainst other et noticed?" Ally asked, her face all i from her smile

"Daryl had a friend who knew Vin Galanti He took photos of my sculptures and sent the I know I had a visitation request from Vin and that was it He became my mentor, took my sculptures froot word he was showing one at the Met I fucking went apeshit I never wanted uilt, "

"But Vin did it anyway," Ally confirmed

I shookchanged People kneho I was At least they knew ‘Elpidio’s’ work, ‘Elpidio’s’ name was suddenly known in the art world"

"And ‘Elpidio’?" Ally asked "He was your--"

"Nonno… Maed throughharder and harder to keep all the shit back that surrounded the wo more than for me to succeed Instead all I’d done was fail, over and over and over I’d been an epic fuck-up as her son

"Querido? Are you okay?" Ally asked me softly When I met her war about But I still couldn’t go there yet… not even with Ally

Not yet