God of Pain novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: Yes
Tino came for his answer on Sunday, in front of the church.
It was the Maradei parish in Milton, where I had been baptized and my mother was buried.
My brother's name was carved on a candle stand inside the door.
Half the neighborhood stood on the steps after eleven o'clock Mass, in their good coats, pretending not to watch.
The old man Dellarocca stood at the top, grey as a stone saint, with a hand on Tino's shoulder.
Tino held the ring in his open palm.
My father stood three steps below, and he did not look at me.
"Livia," said Tino. "My love."
"Tino."
"I forgive the warehouse," he said, so kindly that a woman near us sighed.
"I forgive the photographs and the school and the boy.
"But two hundred men saw you walk out on my arm.
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