‘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 Rocco, Zayed

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

well over a year, what

tolerance would be

on wearing

bar and hover over her like her own personal guard when Rocco called the barman over for another

drink to baby Mondelli,’ Rocco

a moment for the penny to

beam on his face. ‘Yes. I’m going to be a

in a 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

*

WEDDINGS: THE SICILIAN’S SURPRISE WIFE

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THE streets were packed, the evening balmy. As they passed loud

took her closer to her

she would be left

her skin was

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