로그인My dad greets him with such genuine joy and excitement that it makes my heart swell with joy. They talk for a few minutes about Dominic’s day before dad gives him a little nudge back towards the gate where Kent and I are waiting. Dominic gives dad a kiss before running ahead again. My dad waves to
“Papa!” Dominic shouts, startling me out of my reverie as he drops my hand and darts down the road. I look up, a huge smile breaking out on my face again as I see Kent on the sidewalk just ahead. His back is to us as he speaks companionably with the butcher, a heavy bag of his purchases already hung
As I walk down the street towards the little Italian kindergarten, the whispers start around me, as they always do. I listen to all of them, a big German Shepherd padding quietly at my heels. “Is that her?” “Yes, that’s the one – I heard she was her husband’s mistress before he married her – tha
Both Kent and I laugh, but Don Bianci – across the baptismal font from us – snaps his eyes up, perhaps not liking the joke as much as we do. But I just ignore it, because dad’s right, frankly – and it’s too happy a day to care. After the final blessing everyone applauds Dominic – he likes that, bl
“Well, it didn’t seem to affect your first very badly,” Ivan says with a shrug, peering around Kent to where Daniel is laughing with an arm around Jerome’s shoulders. “So…maybe keep it up.” I smirk, squeezing Ivan’s hand once more before standing and moving to Kent’s side, tucking myself against h
“Hey, gorgeous,” Ivan says, his mouth turned up in a smirk as I cross the churchyard, beaming at him. “Look who’s talking,” I say, laughing and reaching for him when I come close enough. Ivan wraps me in a hug, dropping a kiss to my cheek as I hold Dominic a bit to the side so he doesn’t get squis
“I had to listen to everything to decide what was important to the investigation!” I look up at him then, shaking my head. “You also told me that Kent killed your dad.” Ivan deflates at this, blinking at me in surprise. Then he looks away from me, his jaw tight as he glares out over the ocean.
She folds her arms, clearly letting Bianci decide. He glares at his wife, livid, for a long moment. And then he shocks me by exhaling a deep breath, covering his face with his hand and murmuring something that I can’t hear. Kent’s arm tenses around me, and I can tell that he is surprised as well
Kent sighs, shaking his head after Natalia as Nonna crosses the room, smiling at me so happily that her eyes nearly close with her joy. She murmurs softly to me in Italian, reaching for the baby, who I pass willingly into her arms. “Welcome to the family, Fay,” Bianci says, his voice still a littl
Unfortunately, the world has other plans, and a little knock comes at the door. Kent growls a little, glaring at it, clearly intending to tell whoever is there to go the hell away – but I laugh, giving him a little shove and calling to whoever it is to come in. The door cracks open, revealing Va







