Chapter 6 - Lily Asked The Simplest Question
The DNA test was done privately and legally.
Rosa agreed.
Alessandro did not need it emotionally.
He needed certainty before making permanent decisions.
The result confirmed paternity.
99.99 percent.
Alessandro stared at the paper.
Then Lily wandered into the breakfast room holding Bun by one ear.
“Mr. Moretti?”
He looked up.
“Yes?”
“Mommy says you’re my daddy.”
Rosa stood in the doorway.
She looked terrified.
Alessandro slowly crouched.
“What do you think about that?”
Lily considered it.
“Do I call you Daddy?”
“If you want.”
“Do you live here?”
“Yes.”
She looked around the enormous room.
“All of it?”
He laughed.
“Most of it.”
Lily nodded.
Then asked:
“Can Bun have pancakes?”
That was how Alessandro Moretti’s first conversation with his daughter
ended.
Not with a vow.
May you like
Not with a dramatic embrace.
With pancakes for a stuffed rabbit.
