Yes, I worried about the end of 4 Nipes. But what mattered most to me was how Enrico felt about it.

I could have called and asked if he was okay. But for some reason, I didn’t. I stayed there, scrolling through random photos of 4 Nipes during past shows, just to make sure I truly knew how to tell Fred from Enrico in every performance. And yes, I really did. In every photo, every show, every interview. But if I could tell, how had his own mother failed to see the differences?

That week, Simone ...