January arrived and the foundation launched.Not with a ceremony. Not with a press event. Giulia Adamo had suggested both and Valeria had declined both for the same reason she declined most things that prioritised the announcement over the substance. The foundation existed to give something to people who had already waited too long. Adding more waiting while the announcement was prepared and the photographs were taken was not acceptable.The first distribution went to Rosario Ferri on the fifteenth.She called him personally the day before.He answered on the third ring with the voice of a man who did not recognise the number and was cautious about unknown calls which was a reasonable response to someone whose original trust in institutions had cost him everything."Signor Ferri," she said. "My name is Valeria Romano. I am calling about your case."A pause."I know your name," he said."Then you know something about what I have been building in this region," she said. "I am calling be
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