6 The accident

Although my mother always wonders how this happened, she never dared to start an investigation in this regard. The truth is that he got used to the new life, to the new financial status, to the company clothes and bags, to vacations that he would not have allowed before. So he denied trying to find an answer to this sudden enrichment. When my father lived, we were not really poor, but we could not afford expensive things, we were always careful about prices and we only bought the things that we strictly needed. We didn't have various whims or whims. We lived modestly, but happiness reached its peak when the three of us were at the Sunday table. Nothing could surpass that feeling of peace of mind, a feeling that disappeared when my father's body was found in front of the house late at night.

"Are you ready to get to know New York?" Michael breaks the silence.

- I am very prepared and I have great emotions, to be honest. But I can't wait to visit everything, to try as much as possible to make this wonderful city a "home".

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