Chapter 9 - The Gold Button Had An Owner
Mr. Bruno eventually identified the gold button.
It belonged to one of Vittorio Moretti’s old formal coats.
The coat had been moved from storage the previous evening for donation.
A button must have fallen near the staircase.
Lily had not found a mystical family heirloom.
No secret crest.
No hidden key.
Just a button.
Alessandro liked that better.
The object that changed everything had no special power.
A child simply picked it up.
Isabella simply chose cruelty.
Alessandro simply happened to be watching.
Truth entered through an ordinary moment.
Lily kept the button in a small wooden box beside Bun.
Years later, it would still matter.
Not because it proved who her father was.
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Because it marked the morning he finally stopped pretending he did not
recognize himself in her.
