“I told you once that you reminded me of my mother,” he said softly, almost distractedly as he looked over my shoulder to the artificial stars of the city nightscape. “The truth is, you are so much stronger than her. She was crushed by the weight of Noel’s dark world, and you just seem to rise and rise like some star in my dark sky. I can turn myself in knowing that you are strong enough, that you have enough coraggio, to withstand the loneliness and worry. Not only that but to rise above it and find a way for us to be together again, free of this RICO case and Dennis O’Malley. You told me I
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