Five years had passed since the bells had chimed for their wedding in Palermo. On a warm midsummer evening, the grand clifftop terrace of Castello Moretti was bathed in the golden-pink hues of the setting sun over the Ionian Sea. Down in the courtyard garden, four-year-old Matteo was running through the lemon trees, laughing as he chased an energetic golden retriever puppy, supervised by Antonio, whose scarred face had softened…
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