Chapter 20 - I MEET CARLO THROUGH PAPER
At thirty-three, I requested Carlo’s full legal archive related to me.
No criminal operational files.
Only family and trust documents.
His letters were contradictory.
To Sofia:
Come back.
Then:
I will leave you alone.
Then:
Send me a photograph.
Then:
You’re safer without this family.
Then:
I can protect you.
Control and remorse alternating.
I understood why Mom left.
Carlo did love me.
In his way.
He also believed money could repair absence.
It could not.
I visited his grave once.
Moretti family mausoleum.
Too elaborate.
I stood outside.
“I’m not changing my name.”
No answer.
“Thanks for the trust.”
Still nothing.
“You should’ve listened to her sooner.”
Wind.
May you like
That was enough.
I never returned.
