“If it is that important, Marco, I will set it up,” he said.
“Father, what I have to tell you concerns the safety of this family.”
That got his attention, and he said, “I’ll call you back as soon as I have commitments from the others.”
My daily stream of patients began, and I put the phone call out of my head until he called back while Dani and I were at lunch. “The best we can do is Friday evening next week,” he said. “Stefano is out of town at the moment.”
“Then Friday next week it is,” I said. “Thank you, Father.”
“Very good,” he said. “We will expect you at the house for dinner that evening.”
“I guess that means we’re going to the castle next Friday evening,” Dani said after I shut the cell phone.
“Clever boy. Only it won’t be the castle, it’ll be at Father and Angelina’s house, and we’ll have dinner with them.”
“By the way,” he said, “I want you to come to my lab after you see your last patient.”
“Why?”