Page 9 of Entangled

“I have a cell phone, too.”

“Which you turned off for days,” Cara argued.

Tommas grunted under his breath. “Fine, my bad. I’m shit at keeping in touch, too. I get it.”

“So, the wedding?”

“It was wonderful,” Tommas said. “I waited a long time for that day.”

Cara smiled. “Good, Tommy.”

“We headed to New York after the wedding, and then took a trip to Italy for a bit. It took us a good two weeks after we got home to settle back into a routine. That, and Abriella had to find a new doctor that she liked and we had appointments for that to catch up on.”

“A doctor, for what?”

Tommas cleared his throat. “So, we might have found out some good news the morning we got married.”

“Like?”

“Like Abriella is pregnant,” Tommas said quietly.

Cara came to a full stop on the city sidewalk, and people blew on past her like nothing was amiss. “What?”

“We haven’t told a lot of people, but it won’t be long before the news starts to travel. I wanted to be the one to tell you.”

“Congratulations, Tommas. You’re going to be a great dad.” Then, Cara thought to add, “I don’t talk to anyone from Chicago who would tell me, so no worries there.”

“Word still has a way of getting around,” Tommas said. “Which happens to be part of the reason I am calling you.”

“I don’t understand.”

“I should have called the week after the wedding, when something got brought up in New York, but with Abriella and the honeymoon—”

“I don’t need details on that,” Cara jumped in fast.

Tommas laughed. “Relax, that’s not what I’m talking about. I just meant to say my mind was elsewhere for a bit but now that I’m back home and shit is settled, I figured it was time to call.”

“Again, not understanding, Tommy.”

“Is something happening up there in Ontario that I might need to be aware of?” Tommas asked.

“Not that I know of.”

“You visit Aunt Daniele and Uncle Claud.”

“Yes.”

“And nothing seems off in the family business?”

Cara sighed. “Tommas, you know I don’t stick my nose in the mafia side of the family business. I stay far the hell away from it, and for good reason.”

For one, because her twin sister had been killed by the mob. For two, because the last person she did get involved with, who happened to be mixed up with that, tore her fucking heart out and might as well have laughed about it.

She was not making that mistake again.

“Yes, but—”

“Tommas, you’re seriously asking the wrong person. I don’t have any idea what’s happening in the Guzzi family. I haven’t ever known, even when I was with Gian. Which by the way, haven’t seen him in three months, and it’ll be a few more before I do, if I can help it.”