Chapter 22: Bad News Never StopsCHAPTER 22
BAD NEWS NEVER STOPS
During the next three months, Angie didn’t make it to see me, but she wrote often. Her letters were more than treasures.
When I got a visitor one Saturday, I got excited, thinking it might be her. It turned out to be Mamma Rosa, and she had Sister Thomas with her. I never expected to see her again.
“What a surprise.”
Rosa held my hands, rubbing across my fingers as if they were rosary beads. Her face looked sallow, her eyes full of worry. “Dominic is getting worse. I don’t know if I can get here for a while, Nicky.”
I reversed the position of our hands, patting hers while I spoke. “Don’t worry about me. Stay home and take care of him.” For the first time she looked old. “How about Tony? Is he okay?”
Rosa nodded. “He wan
