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“Really?I thought your dad never remarried.”
“No, but Sienna was his first girlfriend, and she kind of stayed in our lives.And Elise, you met her.”
“She’s Stefano’s best friend, right?”
“Yeah.That’s Sienna's daughter.”
“Oh, Elise was really nice.”
“Yeah, she is.And they love to have people over.They love to cook lots of food, and I’d really like to see you.And I’m sure Gabriella would like to see Sergio.They seemed to be getting on like a house on fire.”
“I don’t know about that.”Valentina laughed.“The last text message I got from her was saying something about how Sergio’s a pig.”I burst out laughing then.
“I mean, my brother is a little bit of a playboy.”
“Aren’t all you Valenti men playboys?”
“I wouldn’t say that.I haven’t dated anyone in a while.”
“Oh, you mean you haven’t had a twenty-nine-dayer in a while?”
“No, I haven’t.”
“I just think it’s so weird that you don’t date women longer than twenty-nine days.”
“And I just think it’s so weird that you haven’t answered my question yet.”
“Fine.I’ll come,” she said.“What time?”
“I’ll pick you up around seven.”
“But Gabriella and Ella …”
“Tell them to meet you at your place.I’ll pick you all up.”
“Okay, cool.”
“I look forward to seeing you later, Valentina.”
“And I look forward to seeing you too, Sam.”And with that, we hung up.Suddenly, my mood had completely shifted, and I wasn’t even thinking about Patti anymore.I knew that Stefano and I would have to deal with Patti and whatever she wanted because I had a feeling she wasn’t going to go away, but I wasn’t going to let that affect my mood.Not now.I just wanted to enjoy the moment I was in.I just wanted to be at peace with myself.And if I was honest, I just wanted to see Valentina and her beautiful smile, kiss her, touch her, and let myself enjoy being with her.The time would come soon enough when we’d have to end things.And while I knew that would hurt, I knew that was the natural course.Even if I hadn’t met her because of her father, I couldn’t be with her.I couldn’t promise her a forever when I didn’t even know how to love.
