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           BeforeDonCorleonecouldsetmattersaright,LucaBrasitriedtocommitsuicideinhiscell,hackingathisthroatwithapieceofglass.HewastransferredtotheprisonhospitalandbythetimeherecoveredDonCorleonehadarrangedeverything.ThepolicedidnothaveacasetheycouldproveincourtandLucaBrasiwasreleased.

           ThoughDonCorleoneassuredFilomenathatshehadnothingtofearfromeitherLucaBrasiorthepolice,shehadnopeace.Hernerveswereshatteredandshecouldnolongerworkatherprofession.FinallyshepersuadedherhusbandtosellthegrocerystoreandtheyreturnedtoItaly.Herhusbandwasagoodman,hadbeentoldeverythingandunderstood.ButhewasaweakmanandinItalysquanderedthefortunetheyhadbothslavedinAmericatoearn.Andsoafterhediedshehadbecomeaservant.SoFilomenaendedherstory.ShehadanotherglassofwineandsaidtoMichael,"Iblessthenameofyourfather.HealwayssentmemoneywhenIasked,hesavedmefromBrasi.TellhimIsayaprayerforhissouleverynightandthatheshouldn’tfeardying."

           Aftershehadleft,MichaelaskedDonTommasino,"Isherstorytrue?"Thecapo-mafiosonodded.AndMichaelthought,nowondernobodywantedtotellhimthestory.Somestory.SomeLuca.

           ThenextmorningMichaelwantedtodiscussthewholethugwithDonTommasinobutlearnedthattheoldmanhadbeencalledtoPalermobyanurgentmessagedeliveredbyacourier.ThateveningDonTommasinoreturnedandtookMichaelaside.NewshadcomefromAmerica,hesaid.Newsthatitgrievedhimtotell