‘There is one little problem.’

‘Oh?’

He reached into his back pocket and pulled out an envelope.

Inside was a document making official Christian’s name from Markos to Mondelli.

Thus, when their swaddled baby was handed to them properly to begin their journey as a family, the first thing their daughter heard was the sound of her parents’ laughter.

As beginnings went, it couldn’t be bettered.

* * *

‘Three, two, one, drink!’

In unison, Christian and Rocco raised their glasses to their mouths and downed their shots.

‘To Letizia Markos,’ said Rocco, picking up his next shot.

‘To my beautiful baby,’ Christian agreed. ‘And to my beautiful wife.’

‘Three, two, one, drink!’

of his baby with Rocco, Zayed and Stefan four

own version of wetting the baby’s head in the bar next door with her sister-in-law and some other

Alessandra hadn’t drunk any alcohol for well over a year, what with the pregnancy

tolerance would

insisted on wearing her

set to bolt out of the bar and hover over her like her own personal guard when Rocco called the barman

drink to baby

took a moment for

on his face. ‘Yes. I’m going to

two men then downed their final shots, got to their feet, walked out of the bar and into the next one, both

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evening balmy. As they passed loud party-goers, all Alessandra

step took her

would be left to

could feel in her skin was him. He walked beside

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