She Chained My Little Girl So Her Daughter Could Take Her Place—Then I Made Her Leave the Family Portrait Alone.
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Chapter 13 - THE CENTENNIAL BOOK
We delayed the book.
Expensive.
Worth it.
Arthur’s photograph appeared without ceremonial caption.
Damian Valestro with daughter Clara, relatives, and members of the extended Valestro family at the centennial gathering.
Names in appendix.
No Head of House.
No next-generation representative.
No branch ranking.
Miranda and Violet did not appear because Miranda had left and Violet chose to go home with her father.
I worried that excluding Violet from the final image would repeat exactly what Miranda feared.
So the book included other photographs from the gala weekend.
Violet laughing with cousins.
Clara holding cake.
Children playing in the garden.
No ranking.
May you like
A family shown through moments rather than geometry.
Better.
