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“It’s perfect,” Emma tells her.
I reach over and tickle the little guy behind the ear. He smiles and laughs, like he always does, flashing his eyes at me—one blue, one brown, just like his dad.
The doorbell rings.
“That must be Rosa,” Leo says.
“I bet her boyfriend’s terrified to meet us,” I joke.
Leo rolls his eyes.
“Maybe I should come to the door and make sure he’sextrascared.”
Leo laughs, shoving my arm playfully when I walk to the front door with him.
“Hey, Dad,” Rosa says, hugging him. “Hey, Uncle Dario.”
“Hey,” I reply. “Where’s lover man?”
“He’s just parking the car. I hope it’s okay, but his kid sister tagged along. Well, I saykid. She’s nineteen. Sorry, I’m rambling.”
“Don’t be nervous,” Leo says, giving Rosa another hug as he shoots me a look, but I can barely pay attention.
I’m staring at the woman walking up the lane. I don’t even see the boyfriend. Just the woman with her light yellow hair cascading below her shoulders like she’s making a statement with it. The freckles dotted across her cheeks, the rage and resentment in her eyes, a fire I recognize from my own reflection.
Her body, the curves, the way she walks, everything. I’m losing my mind. Suddenly, I realize something, a sad truth that gives a devastating perspective to all these years I’ve wasted. I never knew what real love was, but I do now, and I don’t even know her name.
THE END
