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She paused in front of the photo of a h she’d never met Aldo Bartolini, she kneithout a doubt it was Enzo’s father The resereat

There were other photos of Enzo and his sisters when they were young In one fra in front of four large holding tanks “You all look so happy”

“Looks can be deceiving,” he muttered

“Really?” Her gaze ain “Are you saying you and your family weren’t happy in this photo?”

“I’ I don’t know” He ht ere happy But now I know all those happysecrets I don’t knoas real and as just for show”

“Maybe you don’t need to figure it out Maybe you just need to accept the memories the way they are in your mind I’m sure your parents w

ould want that for you”

“But how can they be so happy when they were keeping so so explosive from us?”

“Perhaps it’s because they’d made peace with their decision They had to believe they were doing the right thing for their fao because otherwise it would have destroyed the faer at theuilt you’ve heaped on yourself before it destroys you”

He shook his head “I don’t know if I can do that You don’t understand”

Sylvie turned to hi to just reject the happiness you felt? It was a real and genuine e it”

“Is that what you’re doing? Eood memories of your mother?”

“I’”

“But you’re still bla there for her as much as you feel you should have been”

She nodded