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Chapter 28

           Itseemedasifhereallyandtrulyhadnotheardanythingsaid.Hedidn’tanswer.

           Conniecametostandbesideherfather."Makehimdoit,"shesaidtotheDon.Hertwohandsrestedaffectionatelyonhisshouldersandsherubbedhisneck.ShewastheonlyonewhowaseversofamiliarwiththeDon.Heraffectionforherfatherwastouching.Itwastrusting,likealittlegirl’s.TheDonpattedoneofherhandsandsaid,"We’reallstarvinghere.Putthespaghettionthetableandthenchatter."

           Connieturnedtoherhusbandandsaid,"Carlo,youtellMiketogethisfacefixed.Maybehe’lllistentoyou."HervoiceimpliedthatMichaelandCarloRizzihadsomefriendlyrelationshipoverandaboveanyoneelse’s.

           Carlo,handsomelysunburned,blondhairneatlycutandcombed,sippedathisglassofhomemadewineandsaid,"NobodycantellMikewhattodo."Carlohadbecomeadifferentmansincemovingintothemall.HeknewhisplaceintheFamilyandkepttoit.

           TherewassomethingthatKaydidn’tunderstandinallthis,somethingthatdidn’tquitemeettheeye.AsawomanshecouldseethatConniewasdeliberatelycharmingherfather,thoughitwasbeautifullydoneandevensincere.Yetitwasnotspontaneous.Carlo’sreplyhadbeenamanlyknucklingofhisforehead.Michaelhadabsolutelyignoredeverything.

           Kaydidn’tcareaboutherhusband’sdisfigurementbutsheworriedabouthissinustroublewhichsprangfromit.Surgeryrepairofthefacewouldcurethesinusalso.

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