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           KayhadobservedbeforethatwhenConniespokeaboutherhusbandinrelationtotheFamily,shewasalwaysnervouslyeagerforsomewordofapprovalforCarlo.KaywouldhavebeenstupidifshehadnotnoticedthealmostterrifiedconcernConniehadforwhetherMichaellikedCarloornot.OnenightshespoketoMichaelaboutitandmentionedthefactthatnobodyeverspokeaboutSonnyCorleone,nobodyevenreferredtohim;atleastnotinherpresence.KayhadoncetriedtoexpresshercondolencestotheDonandhiswifeandhadbeenlistenedtowithalmostrudesilenceandthenignored.ShehadtriedtogetConnietalkingaboutherolderbrotherwithoutsuccess.

           Sonny’swife,Sandra,hadtakenherchildrenandmovedtoFlorida,whereherownparentsnowlived.Certainfinancialarrangementshadbeenmadesothatsheandherchildrencouldlivecomfortably,butSonnyhadleftnoestate.

           MichaelreluctantlyexplainedwhathadhappenedthenightSonnywaskilled.ThatCarlohadbeatenhiswifeandConniehadcalledthemallandSonnyhadtakenthecallandrushedoutinablindrage.SonaturallyConnieandCarlowerealwaysnervousthattherestoftheFamilyblamedherforindirectlycausingSonny’sdeath.Orblamedherhusband,Carlo.Butthiswasn’tthecase.TheproofwasthattheyhadgivenConnieandCarloahouseinthemallitselfandpromotedCarlotoanimportantjobinthelaborunionsetup.AndCarlohadstraightenedout,stoppeddrinking,stoppedwhoring,stoppedtryingtobeawiseguy.