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The wine was good, and before I knew it, we’d finished another bottle.
“Should I open another?” Rosa giggled as she danced back to the wine rack.
“I probably shouldn’t. The hospital could call any time now, and I don’t want to be trashed.” I shoved the glass away and grabbed another tiny appetizer.
Rosa sobered at the thought of Luca. “Of course. We should—”
“Rosa.” I patted her chair and gently smiled. “If you want to open that bottle, do it. Today has been a hard day for you.”
“I’ll drink with you, Aunt Rosa.” Frankie escorted her from the middle of the kitchen back to the table. “If Sasha’s DD’ing, I’m free to get sloppy.”
Marco checked his phone and sighed. “It’s getting late. I’m going to head to bed. Wake me up when you head to the hospital.”
“You got it, boss.” Frankie saluted.
Marco rolled his eyes and went to the fridge. He came back with three water bottles. “Make sure you drink these. Tomorrow’s going to be a long one.”
“Consider them drank,” Frankie said as he uncorked another bottle. “Now get to bed. You need your beauty sleep.”
Rosa cackled and got up to give Marco a hug. In what I assumed was a whisper to her drunk mind, she said, “That girl never deserved you. Your soul mate will come. Just hold on.” She gave him a loud kiss on the cheek and shoved him toward the door.
When it was just the three of us, Rosa let out a heavy sigh. “You know, when Dante told us he was marrying Adriana, I was shocked.” She smiled to herself and shook her head. “I loved my son, but a man like Marco doesn’t come around very often. I always figured it was better for him that things happened the way they did. What I didn’t account for was how much Marco loved her.”
“He’ll bounce back,” I offered weakly.
“It’ll take a hell of a woman to break Adriana's hold on him,” Rosa mused.
I stared off into space, feeling tired to the core. “It’ll happen. I refuse to believe he’ll never find what I have with Luca.”
Frankie pretended to gag. “Can we stop talking about Marco’s disastrous love life and talk more about what happened before Aunt Rosa tried to put a bullet in you?”
