Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
21. Chapter 21
22. Chapter 22
23. Chapter 23
24. Chapter 24
25. Chapter 25
26. Chapter 26
27. Chapter 27
28. Chapter 28
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Chapter 27
The Gesture
We bathed and dressed Maria Athena Spade that
night, laying her on the kitchen table for her mother. Her oldest
son arrived with her. “We’re selling everything,” Mr. Spade said.
“We’re taking my father and my sister home to Milan and never
coming back. There’s nothing he...
