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           Kaywouldbewaitingforhimattheairport,shealwayscametomeethim,shewasalwayssogladwhenhecamebackfromatrip.Andhewastoo.Exceptnow.Fortheendofthistripmeantthathefinallyhadtotaketheactionhehadbeengroomedforoverthelastthreeyears.TheDonwouldbewaitingforhim.Thecaporegimeswouldbewaitingforhim.Andhe,MichaelCorleone,wouldhavetogivetheorders,makethedecisionswhichwoulddecidehisandhisFamily’sfate.

           EverymorningwhenKayAdamsCorleonegotuptotakecareofthebaby’searlyfeeding,shesawMamaCorleone,theDon’swife,beingdrivenawayfromthemallbyoneofthebodyguards,toreturnanhourlater.Kaysoonlearnedthathermother-in-lawwenttochurcheverysinglemorning.Oftenonherreturn,theoldwomanstoppedbyformorningcoffeeandtoseehernewgrandchild.

           MamaCorleonealwaysstartedoffbyaskingKaywhyshedidn’tthinkofbecomingaCatholic,ignoringthefactthatKay’schildhadalreadybeenbaptizedaProtestant.SoKayfeltitwaspropertoasktheoldwomanwhyshewenttochurcheverymorning,whetherthatwasanecessarypartofbeingaCatholic.

           AsifshethoughtthatthismighthavestoppedKayfromconvertingtheoldwomansaid,"Oh,no,no,someCatholicsonlygotochurchonEasterandChristmas.Yougowhenyoufeellikegoing."

           Kaylaughed."Thenwhydoyougoeverysinglemorning?"

           Inacompletelynaturalway,MamaCorleonesaid,"Igoformyhusband,"shepointeddowntowardthefloor,"sohedon’tgodownthere."Shepaused.