The minister continued his reading and Sophia switched her attention to Sarah who was sobbing into the arms of her boyfriend. Andrew seemed to genuinely love her and Sophia was looking forward to getting to know him better when they visited later in the year. She really hoped her sister had found stability and happiness at last.
After shutting his Bible, the minister offered a few words of condolence to her father. Sarah’s oldest child, little Benny, held his grandfather’s hand. Silent tears coursed down her dad’s face as the graveyard attendants started to shovel dirt on her mother’s coffin. Hopefully, he’d be able to find some peace when he and James came to Italy as soon as her younger brother finished his coursework. With Luca’s love and support, she was now looking forward to reconnecting with her family—a family that had been ripped apart by tragedy, now reunited in love.
Sophia had even managed to make peace with the specter of Kathy Summers. When her soap opera had come on the telly, Sophia had been able to watch her former nemesis without a single panicked reaction. In fact, she’d been able to dispassionately prove to herself that Kathy was truly an awful actress.
Sophia ran a hand over her still flat belly, in awe to think that a little life was growing inside her—a product of Luca’s and her love. A true new beginning.
And all because the couple who hadn’t wanted love had been unable to resist its power.