Chapter 94

Sylvia laughed at that and said, “You might as well capitulate, Marco…. When she gets thattone in her voice, there’s no stopping her.”

“I surrender. After we visit the hospital in the morning, we’ll stop by the old quarter and you can shop to your heart’s content.”

I heard the door to the apartment open, followed by childish voices. “Don’t look now,” I said, “but we’re being invaded.”

The boys heard my voice and ran into the kitchen, only to skid to a halt when they saw the two strangers. “Hi, gang,” I said. “Come give me a hug.”

They clustered around my chair, doing just that. Then I said, “Guys, this is Papa Dani’s mother, Mrs. Rosati. Don’t you remember her?”

Heads were shaken in the negative. “Well, it was a couple of years ago and you were only three. And this lady is Papa Dani’s sister, Mrs. Churchill. Ladies, these noisy little fellows are Marcus, Bernardo, and Giovanni. And this is their nanny, my cousin Lucia.”