-Yeah…
She smiled too.
It was the first smile since that conversation began.
Without thinking twice, he hugged me.
It was a long hug.
Silent.
A hug capable of recovering twenty lost years.
My mother burst into tears even harder.
My father put a hand to his face trying to hide his own tears.
When we finally parted ways, Sofia asked me a question I will never forget.
—What is Valentina like?
I smiled.
—She has the same smile as you.
She loves to read, cook, and always finds a way to make others laugh.
Sofia let out a small laugh.
—Then I think I’m going to love her very much.
I slowly took out my mobile phone.
I looked for a recent photograph of Valentina.
I showed it to her.
Sofia stared at the screen for several seconds.
Then he smiled.
—It’s incredible…
We look like the same person.
At that moment I understood that there was still a long way to go.
There were wounds that needed healing.
Unanswered questions.
And, above all…
The most important match of all was still to come.
The moment when two sisters, separated since the day of their birth, would see each other for the first time without imagining that that instant would forever change the history of our family.
