The son in the deleted scene with Francesca and her beau was Santino Jr., not Frank.
And I, too, have no recollection in the novel that Sandra took off and wanted nothing to do with the family.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.