THE MAFIA BOSS CAME HOME EARLY AND HEARD HIS SILENT TRIPLETS SINGING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 MONTHS — BUT WHEN HE SAW THE HOUSEKEEPER HOLDING THE DAUGHTERS HE COULD NOT REACH, HIS JEALOUSY DESTROYED THE MIRACLE

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Dominic’s throat tightened.

He looked at Elena.

She nodded gently, as if telling him it was all right.

Dominic knelt beside his daughters. His expensive suit sank into damp dirt. He did not care.

“Your mom loved sunflowers,” he said. “So much.”

“Why?” Valentina asked. “Why sunflowers and not roses?”

Dominic looked at the tiny seeds in the packet, then at continue reading …