Chapter 51

“Yes, she is. We’ve only known her for about five years, but in that time Dani and I have both grown very fond of her.”

“You didn’t know your own grandmother until five years ago?” she said.

I gave them the short version of my mother’s sad history, ending with Grandmother’s arrival at our table in the hotel in Conti on our first visit there.

“The first thing she said when she met Marco,” Dani said, “was ‘you have your mother’s eyes’.”

“Why did you call him, what was it, ConteMarco, Dani?” his mother said.

“Because when his uncle drove over a cliff with his two children in the car, Marco inherited the title of Conte di Contiand he had to take over the Conti family businesses.”