Betty nodded. “I think she finally needed to stake a claim on a home. And I do wonder if she feels that she wasn’t mother enough to Anna when she was growing up. I wonder if she was hoping that staying in Italy this time would make up for the times when she hadn’t. I’ve talked to Sira about the problem between you and Anna, you know. I’ve never known Anna well, but I get the feeling she has more of an issue with her mother than she does with you. I think her resentment of you has more to do with the fact that you stole her title as Sira’s daughter, and her role as Enrico’s.”
“I stole it?”
“Well, that might be how I’d see it if I were her. You have all these years with Sira that she didn’t have.”
“But then couldn’t I be resentful that she got all those years with my dad?” Little asked, r
