Leon came home after a few days, Dr Moreau assured he was okay for now.He walked out of the hospital on his own two feet slowly, and with Evelyn's hand in his. They were going towards the lot, where Evelyn’s driver was."Better?" Evelyn said."Much better." He looked around the hospital’s parking lot. Completely ordinary Milan doing its completely ordinary thing.Leon soon spotted a pop-up stall and his eyes lit up. "Mommy, can we get gelato?""Baby, we're about to leave and you just left the hospital.""That's exactly why we should get gelato."She looked at him.He looked back with enormous eyes."One scoop," she said. He jumped with excitement.By the time they got home Leon had eaten his gelato, given Evelyn a detailed analysis of why pistachio was objectively the best flavour, asked three questions about a building they passed that had interesting windows, and announced that he intended to go back to school on Monday."We'll see what Dr. Moreau says," Evelyn said, unlocking the
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