Chapter 122

• Walking alongside Dante towards Don Salvatore's office, I felt the weight of the moment and the gravity of what we were about to face. Dante turned to me and said with unexpected softness:
• “Catarina, regardless of what happens in there, I want you to know that I love you.”
• I looked at him, touched by his sincerity. “After Don Salvatore undergoes surgery and recovers, we’ll go to Palazzo Manfredi and finish that cliché we started.”