Chapter 14 - The Estate Changed Around Lily
A year passed.
The Moretti estate changed.
Not dramatically.
Slowly.
Lily’s drawings appeared on the refrigerator.
Bun attended formal breakfasts.
Security men learned to check under tables for crayons before meetings.
Rosa stopped wearing the maid’s uniform.
Not because Alessandro forbade her to work.
Because she chose to leave household service.
She enrolled in a hospitality-management program.
Alessandro paid tuition only after she agreed to a written loan
arrangement she could repay if she wanted.
He hated the paperwork.
Rosa loved it.
Their relationship changed too.
Coffee became dinner.
Dinner became long conversations.
Trust returned in pieces.
One evening Alessandro kissed her.
Rosa kissed him back.
Then said:
“This does not mean wedding.”
“I know.”
“You looked disappointed.”
“I am capable of knowing something and disliking it.”
May you like
She laughed.
That was progress.
