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“I think I had an out of body experience,” I say in all honesty. “My God, Val, it was so sweet.”
I see tears spring to her eyes again, and she leans into kiss me. “You’ve been busy while you’ve been unconscious,” she muses with pure love in her eyes.
I can’t wait to tell her all about it. “You know, his name means the sun, Val. The light.” My voice breaks, and I feel a tear fall on each side of my face. “Fuck, I’ve never seen anything more beautiful, you and Elio, and an unborn baby growing inside you.” My fingers brush past her stomach gently.
We both hold each other, crying as she kisses me gently. “I love you so much, Enzo Russo. You know that, right?”
“You saved me, Val, and I love you too. I always have.”
She shakes her head. “You savedme,Enzo. You jumped in front of me, and took a bullet!”
“And you took care of that bastard in one shot, it was a team effort,” I say with pride. “Maybe it was always meant to be this way,belladonna.”
“What way?” she whispers, pressing her lips to mine once more. I will never, ever get sick of feeling her lips on mine and her body close to me. Holding her in my arms.
“Seeing our future, Valentina. We get married, and we have at least two kids. Our child; in my dream, he’s such an insistent little thing.”
She giggles and shakes her head. “I can’t believe it. That makes me so happy, Enzo.”
I never want to let her go, even though I’m weak and I can barely move.
I smile. “Sweetest words I’ve ever heard.”
She drops her voice. “I was so worried.”
“I was always coming back to you,belladonna.”
We hold each other for a long time.
When she pulls away to look down at me, I ask, “So, when can we get started?”
Her laugh is such a sweet sound, she gives me a little nudge. “Do you mean babies?”
I will never grow tired of seeing her smiling face. “Well, practicing, at least.”
“I need to nurse you back to health first, before we even think about practicing anything.”
“Nursing me sounds pretty good, Val. Will you wear a nurse’s outfit for me?”
She gives me a withering look. “Enzo!”
I laugh, and it hurts, so I stop that abruptly. “I guess there’s plenty of time for that.”
“Plenty. You just need to concentrate on getting better. That’s all. The doctor said you were very lucky. One or two centimeters over and the bullet would have gone straight through your heart.”
“Fucking hell, no wonder you all looked like you’d seen a ghost when I came around.”
“It was the scariest time of my life, Enzo. I prayed in the chapel every day with your mom, and with Angelo.”
That warms my heart. “Thank you, baby. I knew I had to get back to you. It wasn’t my time; I know that now.”
Mario.I realize. The voice was Mario telling me it wasn’t my time.
Even though it was just a dream, I know that somehow, he was with me.
We kiss again, a mixture of tears, happiness, relief, and exhaustion. I love her so fucking much.
I’m going to spend eternity showing her how much, every day of our lives.
