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“Uncle, you can’t be mean to sick people,” she told him, and he just stared down at her “He’s family, Uncle You have to love your family”

Helen and Aunt Cora both laughed at him

“It’s like young Ethan all over again,” Uncle Neal replied, shaking his head

“Well, I’rown up—if you promise to play with me and tell me all about your time in Italy,” Wyatt said

Evelyn sighed before saying, “So that is all it took? And here I’ve been trying to get you to grow up for years”

“I’ all of us to roll our eyes

“We can play next Saturday,” Giovanna said, and we all just looked at her

“Why next Saturday?” Helen asked “You don’t want to play e come back?”

Giovanna frowned and shook her head “Moonna say no, ‘cause I need to start school and training”

Everyone froze at the word training For a second, we’d forgotten We’d forgotten how Callahan children were raised like we hadn’t all gone through it

“What kind of training?” Wyatt asked softly, the usual joy and light-hearted one

Giovanna opened her mouth to speak; however, it wasn’t her we heard

“You’ll just have to see toentle voice spoke out from above us

We all looked at the top of the stairs where she stood in a one-of-a-kind, custo-sleeved Sal Fallaci coat dress, made of the softest and most expensive material—prized

Vicuna wool A normal coat or dress made of it would cost half a million, but it wasn’t a normal coat or dress The inside of it was embroidered and lined with Mulberry silk The buttons were made of authentic ancient Roold All this hy it was one of a kind and one of the most expensive pieces ever created by Sal Fallaci