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“Nope, Nonna wants all of us there,” she says.
“Aurora, I get why you would want to hurt someone who hurt your friend, but two wrongs do not make a right,” Savvy chimes in.
This is the one thing my wife and I disagree on. Two wrongs can most certainly make a right in my world. I won’t say that in front of the kids, though. We do not undermine each other when it comes to parenting, a united front and all that.
“Ma, an eye for an eye,” Aurora says.
“Still doesn’t make it right. I don’t want you leaving this house until we go to Italy.” My wife’s voice has sobered to that no-nonsense tone, the one that tells us all there is no counterargument worth making.
“That’s a whole week away.” Aurora pouts.
“Sucks to be you,” Lorenzo sings in his sister’s direction. “I’m out. I got shit to do.” He leans in and kisses Savvy on the cheek, and then me.
“Wait! Where’s your brother?” I call out before he makes it to the door.
“No idea. Probably warming some nameless chick’s bed.” Lorenzo laughs.
“OMG, Matteo, I blame you.” Savvy throws her hands up in the air.
“Me? What’d I do?” I ask her.
“Can I leave now?” Aurora whines.
“To your room, yes,” I remind my daughter.
“Ugh, I hate my life,” she yells as she stomps her heels on my fucking marble floors.
“This is your fault, you know,” my wife continues as soon as Aurora is out of earshot. “They are carbon copies of just how you were at their ages.”
“Ah, no, I was not that bad.” At least I don’t think I was? I scratch my head. It feels like it was a lifetime ago, honestly.
“Matteo, you’ve been my best friend since the age of six. I know exactly what you were getting up to,” Savvy says.
“I did shit to pass the time until you came to your senses and agreed to marry me.” I smirk. “By the way, you are looking mighty fine today, Mrs. Valentino,” I tell her, moving my eyes up and down her body.
“Stop distracting me with sex,” Savvy huffs. “It’s how we ended up with three kids.”
“Those kids are amazing. They’re going to do great things.” I step forward, locking my sights on the woman who is my everything.
“They will. But I just hope they don’t kill us from worry in the process. Your father was right. Aurora needs to rein it in, Matteo,” Savvy says, peering up at me when I take another step closer.
“I’ll talk to her.”
“Good, because I have no idea what to say to her. She can’t keep getting into fights. She’s going to start something she can’t finish one day.”
I take note of the concern on my wife’s face as I tug her to my chest. “I taught that girl how to fight. She will always be able to finish them,” I tell Savvy. To which, she rolls her eyes at me.
“Matteo, I’m serious. She might act tough and all, but what if she does actually kill someone one day? I’m not sure she could live with that kind of guilt.”
“I’ll go talk to her, but I want you naked and in our bed when I finish.” I grin. It’s an incentive for both of us and Savvy knows it.
“I’ll see what I can do.” She winks, and it takes everything in me to release my wife and go handle my daughter.
I walk up the stairs, knocking on Aurora’s door before turning the handle. I find her sitting on her bed, tears running down her face.
Oh, fuck. Nope. I can’t do the tears. My chest fucking hurts when I see my little girl cry—my heart literally feels like it’s being ripped in two.
“Baby, what’s wrong?” I ask her.
