“Because this is what you have to do. You have no other choice.”
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Alessandro Grotti was excited. Though he was secretly hoping his son would say yes, he couldn’t know for sure. He just had a hunch that Giacomo hadn’t changed, could not have changed completely. He blamed himself for the boy’s flight from Naples. He wasn’t sure he’d ever be able to forgive himself for what had happened between them. But now his son would come home, and perhaps he’d get the chance to tell him his version of things.
Giacomo would be returning soon, and he’d give everything to his son. Both of them would profit greatly from the homecoming.
But even with this gesture, there was no way he could mend the past.
“I don’t understand why we can’t discuss this in private. Why your… friend needs to be here,” A
