THE MAFIA BOSS CAME HOME EARLY AND HEARD HIS SILENT TRIPLETS SINGING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 MONTHS — BUT WHEN HE SAW THE HOUSEKEEPER HOLDING THE DAUGHTERS HE COULD NOT REACH, HIS JEALOUSY DESTROYED THE MIRACLE

was folding clothes in the girls’ room. She was allowed inside now. The girls no longer shut the door when she came.

That day, Elena sang a sadder song, the one her mother had sung in the final days after Antonio died.

Valentina watched for a long time.

Then she asked, “Why do you sing so sadly?”

Elena looked up carefully.

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