‘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!’

his baby with

wetting the baby’s head in the bar next door with her sister-in-law and some other friends. He suspected theirs would be

over a year, what with the pregnancy and

would be

she’d insisted on wearing

over her like

drink to baby

for the penny to drop. ‘Olivia, she

couldn’t hide the beam on his face. ‘Yes. I’m going

feet, walked out of the bar and into the next one, both eager to be with the women they loved above all

* *

WEDDINGS: THE SICILIAN’S

a

DELETED SCENE

As they passed loud

took her closer to her

be left to nothing

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

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