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The monument reminded him of the memorials in Santa Croce, in Florence The likeness was intentional, since this arded the angels, he thought back to his time in Italy, of his volunteer ith the Franciscans Of his experience next to St Francis’s crypt Of his separation from Julianne

If only he could wait until July first, there would be the possibility of reunion But Gabriel wasn’t sure that she’d forgive hiive him, but he had to try

He reached into his pocket and retrieved his cell phone, dialing a number from the contact list

“Gabriel?”

He took a deep breath “Paulina I need to see you”

“What’s wrong?”

He turned his back on theat the name that was carved in stone

“I just need to see you for an hour, to talk Can we meet tomorrow?”

“I’m in Minnesota What’s this about?”

“I’ll fly to Minneapolis tonight Can we hed heavily “Fine Let’sI’ll email the address”

She paused, and Gabriel could hear her fidgeting in the background

“You’ve never flown across country to talk to me”

He clenched his teeth “No, I haven’t”

“Our last conversation wasn’t exactly pleasant You left ”

“Paulina” His tone was slightly pleading

“Then you cut off all contact”

Gabriel began to pace, the phone pressed tightly to his ear

“I did And then what happened?”

She was quiet for a

“You should have gone hoed you to do it”