I leave him to be examined and walk out to the garden, where I find Alexandra and Siena sitting together, simply watching the day pass.
I approach slowly, careful not to interrupt Siena’s monologue.
“He was always so serious that I thought he didn’t even know how to use the muscles in his face, but the moment he heard Valentina, he looked like a completely different man. You should have seen it, Alex.”
I smile at the nickname she has given her.
“Do you think our mother will smile like that when she sees us? I hope so. God, I don’t even know what she looks like, you know? Maybe we should meet her together. What do you think? The two sisters who don’t even share the same last name. We’re only Sartori and Schiavone, two sides of the same coin. Well, I think so…”
She pauses.
“I don’t kno
