‘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,

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 than

for well over a year, what with the pregnancy and then the

tolerance would

insisted on wearing

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

baby Mondelli,’ Rocco said with a

Mondelli?’ It took a moment for the penny to drop.

beam on his face. ‘Yes. I’m going

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

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AND THE streets were packed, the evening balmy. As they passed loud party-goers, all Alessandra could think was that her night was

took her closer to

she would be left

All she could feel in her skin was

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