‘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!’

already celebrated the birth of his baby with Rocco, Zayed

having her own version of wetting the baby’s head in the bar next door with her sister-in-law and some other friends. He suspected theirs would be a much more civilised affair

drunk any alcohol for well over a year, what with the pregnancy and then the four months of

tolerance would be

and she’d insisted on wearing

her like her own

need to drink to baby

a moment for the penny to

his face. ‘Yes.

manly fashion, the two men then downed their final shots, got to their feet, walked out of the bar and into the next one, both eager to be with the women they

* *

THE SICILIAN’S

for a SOCIETY WEDDINGS

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balmy. As they passed loud party-goers, all

took her closer

left to

was him. He walked beside her, so near yet so

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