Chapter 196 First Steps

• Alessandro smiles and takes a deep breath, letting go of some of the weight he had placed on himself by blaming himself for so many things. His wife's words had helped him heal a little of the pain in his chest caused by guilt.
• "I'm glad you felt that my family is yours."
• "Long before your parents told me to call them parents, when we were in Argentina, I felt that way. Bill Delacroix was more than a father to me. He saw me as a waitress in an unknown café and saw the potential in me that others didn't see or didn't care to sponsor."