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Twenty minutes later, they were sitting out on the terrace of Antonio’s wine bar, looking out at the beautiful view of the valley.
“What’s on your mind?” asked Antonio.
Marcos shrugged. “Nothing. Everything.”
“But something in particular. Come on. I know you too well.”
Marcos nodded. “It seems you do, even though I’m not sure I know myself anymore.”
“You’re working out who you want to be. It’s understandable. Is everything good with you and Molly?”
“Everything’s great. It’s all I could ask for—well, unless she just wanted to say yes right now, and I’d marry her tomorrow.”
Antonio chuckled. “And I thought I was the impatient one.”
“We’re cut from the same cloth.”
“We are. So, if all’s as well as can be expected in your love life, what else is troubling you? Something is.”
Marcos blew out a sigh. “I had a crazy idea this morning.”
“What kind of crazy?”
“I started looked at small acreages for sale.”
Antonio grinned. “That’s not crazy. It seems perfectly logical to me. You’re a winemaker, or at least you always were. Now that the turbulence in your life is settling, why wouldn’t you get back to doing what you love.”
“I thought I’d lost the passion.”
Antonio shook his head. “I couldn’t believe that was permanent. I’m only surprised that you saidsmallacreage.”
Marcos shrugged. “I don’t want or need to get back into the business on the same kind of scale. I don’t want my life to revolve around it like it used to.”
Antonio raised his eyebrows.
“I don’t need to make money—I’ve found another way to do that. I don’t want it to take up all of my time and attention—I want to give those to Molly.”
Antonio grinned. “To Molly and to your family when you start one.”
Marcos’ heart sank. He hadn’t told Antonio the reason he and Caterina hadn’t had a family.
His brother’s smile faded. “What’s the problem? She doesn’t want children?”
“It’s not that.”
“Then what?”
“I’m the one who can’t have children.”
Antonio stared at him for a long few moments. “Marcos. I’m sorry. I don’t know what to say.”
He smiled. “There’s no need to say anything. You’re sad because it’s news to you. I’ve known for years. Caterina and I tried.” He shrugged. “In a way, it’s a blessing. I don’t think I could ever have divorced her if we had kids.”
“True. And what about Molly? Does she know?”
“She knows, and she does want a family, but she says she’d be happy to adopt.”
“That’s good, then, no?”
