Chapter 66: MANCINI

"That wasn't so bad now was it?" I was dancing ma around the makeshift dance floor under the marquee she'd had set up in the garden behind the family home. The wedding I'd expected to have at the most ten people had turned into about seventy-five. Don't ask.

Since Cierra had no real family, Gracie was her only guest and the rest were distant relatives and friends of the family that ma had dug up from somewhere. "No, it came together quite well for all the notice you gave me."

"You loved it. I had no doubt that you could do it." I kissed her cheek and spun her around, making her laugh like a little girl.

"She's lovely Hank, I'm proud of you."

"How come?" That was an odd thing to say.

"Because for the longest time I despaired of you ever finding the right girl and settling down. The girls and I had many discussions about it and we all agreed, you were a mess when it comes to women."

"What girls? Sabra and Star?" Figures. "And what was wrong with the women I