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“Yeah. Val and I have known each other a long time, so…”
“But marriage?” He shakes his head. “I always envisioned you as the forever bachelor, Uncle Dom who brought home girls half his age.”
I chuckle and Val stifles a giggle, still trying to act as though she’s not eavesdropping. “Gee, thanks.”
“No offense.” Cristian shrugs. “But I’m happy for you. You guys sneaking off last night must mean things are good.”
Val turns toward the television. “How much longer?”
The boys are arguing about a touchdown.
“Give me two minutes to kick his ass,” Mauro says, standing from the couch. His body moves side to side as his fingers press on the remote.
“We’re good,” I say in answer to Cristian’s question.
Luca stands up next to Mauro, his fingers just as fast. A second later, he drops the remote on the table with an ‘I’m the best’ attitude. “Winner!” He raises his hand toward Val and she high-fives him.
“It’s his wedding. Can’t let him walk down the aisle thinking he sucks.” Mauro laughs and Luca tries to put him in a headlock.
Mauro wraps his arms around Luca’s torso, and the two wrestle on the couch.
Val laughs and looks at me.
“Yeah, we wrestle sometimes too,” I answer the question she didn’t ask.
“I figured,” she says.
“Come on. We don’t have all day. Luca, get your ass up,” I say.
His red face peers up through Mauro’s arm, then he slips out of Mauro’s grasp and straightens his T-shirt. “Sorry.” He shoots a warning glare at Mauro, who’s too busy laughing to care. “I just need to know enough to not make a fool of myself.”
She stands and comes over to where I am, since there’s more space. “Play some music, Dom.”
“What kind of music?” I ask, pulling out my phone.
“I’m assuming you have a mother-and-son dance along with the first dance for you and Lauren?”
Luca nods.
“Are they fast or slow?”
Luca glances at Cristian.
“How would I know?”
Luca’s vision shifts to Mauro.
“It’s your wedding.”
Luca throws up his hands. “It was weeks ago that we met with the DJ and Lauren already had a song picked out for me and Ma, so I went with it.”
“Do you know the song you’re dancing to with Lauren?” Val asks in a patient tone that still suggests step it up, you’re the groom.
This is Luca. His attitude toward the wedding has no bearing on how much he loves Lauren. He’s probably arranged for something to be delivered to her already this morning. Their honeymoon will be awesome. But he doesn’t care what they dance to. All he cares about is her.
“I’m not a complete dipshit.” But he pauses to think, and when his eyes light up, we all sigh. “‘Thinking Out Loud’ by Ed Sheeran.”
“Okay.” Val nods to me, and I search for it on my phone. “Now, you’re going to hold your ma much differently than Lauren. Let’s do Lauren first since we have the song.” Val holds out her hands, waiting for Luca to step into her space. “Come.”
