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“I’m on my way.” I hang up and race back to the truck. I hop behind the wheel, throw it into gear, and peel out, roaring into traffic.
“What the fuck are you doing?”
I flinch and glare at Carlo. “I forgot you were in here.”
“Uh, right, that’s a little insane. Why the fuck are you driving like the world’s about to end?”
“Allegra needs me.”
“Motherfucking—” He rolls his eyes. “She okay?”
“I don’t know.”
“Come on, hurry your ass up, your wife needs us.”
“Me,” I growl at him. “She needsme.”
“She’s getting two for one. Lucky girl!”
I ignore my dickhead brother as I race through the city, blowing through a couple stop signs in my haste to get back home. Each second is forever and I’m vibrating out of my skin by the time I roar to a stop in the driveway. I leap from the truck and barrel inside. “Don’t worry, bro, I’ll just hang out in the kitchen!” Carlo yells after me.
I’ve already forgotten about him again. I stomp up the steps. “Allegra?” I call out. “Where are you?”
“In here.” Her voice is muffled by doors. I find her in the master bathroom sitting on the edge of the tub with her face in her hands.
Fuck, she looks so small. I hurry over to her and drop to my knees, gently prying her face up so I can see into her eyes. “What’s wrong? Baby, talk to me, what happened?”
She’s smiling. There are tears in her eyes. “Look on the counter near the sinks.”
“I don’t understand.” There’s nothing, just a toothbrush and some toothpaste. Also, the floss. I left it out again even though she keeps telling me to put it in a drawer. Fuck, I’m bad at that.
“Gian,” she says softly. Her smile gets bigger. She kisses my cheeks. “Look again, you idiot.”
I get up slowly. She’s not upset. Actually, she looks fucking happy. “What’s going on right now?”
“Would you just look?” Her knees are bouncing and she’s chewing on her lip like she’s struggling to keep herself from laughing.
I turn around and look. Floss, toothpaste, toothbrush… and two white stick-like things. What the hell? I get closer, frowning as I stare at them.
And my heart goes haywire.
My head’s spinning out. My mind’s burning rubber. I grip the edge of the counter just to keep from buckling.
Two tests. Two pregnancy tests. And they’re both positive.
I whirl around. My mouth hangs open. She’s beaming at me.
“Figured it out this morning after I puked. My period’s late, and I just thought—” She gestures at the tests. “Sophia got them for me.”
“You’re serious?”
“I’m serious. We haven’t been careful, and I guess this is what happens, right?”
“You’re pregnant.”
She nods slowly. “I’m pregnant.”
I walk to her. I feel like I stepped into the center of a hurricane. The world around me is all chaos, but right now, with my Allegra, my wife, my girl, everything is still. Everything is right.
