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           Evendynamitecouldbeexplodedharmlesslyiftheneedarose.HelookedquestioninglyatHagen."IsBonaseratheonlyoneleft?"

           Hagennodded.DonCorleonefrownedinthought,thensaid,"Beforeyoubringhimin,tellSantinotocomehere.Heshouldlearnsomethings."

           Outinthegarden,HagensearchedanxiouslyforSonnyCorleone.HetoldthewaitingBonaseratobepatientandwentovertoMichaelCorleoneandhisgirlfriend."DidyouseeSonnyaround?"heasked.Michaelshookhishead.Damn,Hagenthought,ifSonnywasscrewingthemaidofhonorallthistimetherewasgoingtobeamessoftrouble.Hiswife,theyounggirl’sfamily;itcouldbeadisaster.AnxiouslyhehurriedtotheentrancethroughwhichhehadseenSonnydisappearalmostahalfhourago.

           SeeingHagengointothehouse,KayAdamsaskedMichaelCorleone,"Whoishe?Youintroducedhimasyourbrotherbuthisnameisdifferentandhecertainlydoesn’tlookItalian."

           "Tomlivedwithussincehewastwelveyearsold,"Michaelsaid."Hisparentsdiedandhewasroamingaroundthestreetswiththisbadeyeinfection.Sonnybroughthimhomeonenightandhejuststayed.Hedidn’thaveanyplacetogo.Helivedwithusuntilhegotmarried."

           KayAdamswasthrilled."That’sreallyromantic,"shesaid."Yourfathermustbeawarmheartedperson.Toadoptsomebodyjustlikethatwhenhehadsomanychildrenofhisown."

           Michaeldidn’tbothertopointoutthatimmigrantItaliansconsideredfourchildrenasmallfamily.Hemerelysaid,"Tomwasn’tadopted.