By then Dani’s father was home from the hospital where he had been the whole summer after his traffic accident One of his legs would never be completely right the doctor said But for Dani the main thing was having him home again in the yellow house on their street so her life could be happy again 3
With spaghetti for dinner And stories in bed and then Good night good night And sleep well Amore That’s what they say in Italy where Dani’s father comes from On the first evening home for Dani’s father Gianni everything was exactly as Dani wanted it to be except that he was in a bit of a hurry over her third goodnight hug 4
Suddenly he wanted to watch Italian football on TV In Italy they are very good at football They have three top teams Juventus Napoli and Milan and Milan was playing the team her father liked best Of course he had to watch the game Of course she understood After a little while Dani tiptoed out of bed to give him another hug When she came into the living room he had turned down the TV and was talking on the phone He stopped surprised You’re not asleep yet 5
But just then Milan’s forward scored a goal Dad was excited and Dani left him with the TV and his phone 6
