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“It’s beautiful. I love it,” she says before turning to her husband. “Alex, we should buy a palace.”
“Sure, Lily, whatever you want.” He grins at her.
Lily winks at me. I know she’s not really going to buy a palace. Although I have no doubt that her husband would find a way to get her one if that’s what she really wanted. That man adores her.
ChapterThirty-Three
Holly has been anxious all morning about the arrival of her sister. Now that her twin’s here, my wife appears more relaxed. I watch as she takes Reilly and the girls through the house, giving them a full tour of the large estate.
Bray, Alex, and Hope’s husband Chase follow me into one of the living rooms and over to one of the wet bars. I pour each of them a generous serving of whiskey. Bray gulps his down in one go and then holds his glass out for a refill.
“Still not a fan of flying?” I ask him.
Chase and Alex share a collective groan while shaking their heads. “If he weren’t my father-in-law, I would have shot 'em,” Alex grumbles.
“And I would have loaded the gun for him,” Chase adds.
I pour Bray twice as much whiskey this time. “How is everyone holding up?” I know it’s a stupid fucking question. I mean, how do you take the news that you’re going to watch your wife, mother, sister slowly disappear in front of your eyes?
“It’s… I don’t know what the fuck it is.” Bray sighs. “The girls aren’t handling it well.”
“Understandable.” I nod my head. A silence falls over the room. It’s obvious no one really knows what to say.
“I hope you’re not giving that asshole my good whiskey, Pops,” Theo says, entering the room and pointing at Alex.
“No, I gave himmygood whiskey.”
“Fuck off. Neither of you would even know about De Bellis whiskey if it weren’t for me.” Alex rolls his eyes.
Theo shakes Alex’s hand and then Chase’s. He hugs Bray and whispers something in his ear, but I don’t catch what he says. “Well, I don’t know why you’re all standing here looking grim and shit, but Ma said lunch is ready and both of your wives…” He gestures to Alex and Chase. “…are lost and wandering from room to room in the east wing.”
“How do you know they’re lost?” Alex asks.
“Because I was the one who led them into a room and then disappeared through a hidden door, leaving them to find their own way back.” Theo grins and then pulls up the house’s camera feed on his phone, zooming in on Lily and Hope stumbling around as they try to get their bearings in such a large space.
“You know they’re going to be pissed when they find you,” Chase says.
Theo shrugs. “I can take 'em.” Then he laughs. “Come on. If we don’t show up for lunch, Matteo’s offspring will eat all the fucking food.”
“I heard that, Zio Theo,” Aurora yells into the room as she passes by on her way to the kitchen.
“Good. Don’t eat my steak, Aurora,” he yells back.
Aurora pauses and smirks through the open doorway. That’s never a good sign from her. “I won’t eat your steak, Zio Theo. I might spit on it though,” she sings, and then bolts down the hallway.
Alex and Chase crack up laughing. “She wouldn’t actually spit on it, would she?” Alex asks.
“I wouldn’t put anything past that one. She’s pure fucking evil,” Theo replies as we follow the sound of Aurora’s laughter down the hallway.
I walk around the dining room, lean forward, and kiss my wife on her forehead before taking the seat next to hers. I look down at the table that the staff extended to cater for everyone’s arrival. There’s a fucking lot of us. And, for some reason, the McKinleys along with some other young girl I’ve never seen in my life are here today too.
I look to Lorenzo. His shoulders are straight and he has that “try me, motherfucker” look on his face. The one he gets when he has an idea in his head that no one will be able to talk him out of. Unfortunately, I think that idea has a lot to do with the girl on his right, Kyla McKinley.
My mind wanders to thoughts of the day I lost my father at the dinner table. His death and the resulting bloodbath are more than enough to last me a lifetime. I don’t need to see a repeat.
Raising a hand, I call one of my soldiers over to my side.
“Boss.” Antonio nods his head at me.
