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“Wait… You do know you’re like eighteen, Kyla. Are you sure you don’t want to wait a few years? I’ve lived with him my whole life. Trust me, it’s no easy feat,” Aurora pipes up.
Kyla looks over to my sister and smiles. “I’m sure,” she says.
“Okay, well, we’re going to need a dress. No sister-in-law of mine is getting married in a pair of cutoffs and a band tee,” Aurora tells her.
“I left everything back at your house. I don’t even have my purse,” Kyla says. “Shit, I left Cassie there too…”
“Don’t worry. I’ve got this. I always have a credit card on me.” Aurora pulls out a black card and holds it up. I snatch it out of her hand and read the name embossed on the front.
“Who the hell is Adriana Hill?” I ask.
“My alias. I can’t very well tap a real card. If you two are running off to get married, do you really think the parental figures aren’t going to be looking for both of you right now?” Aurora says.
Sometimes I think I underestimate my sister. “You never fail to surprise me, Aurora.”
“I like to keep people on their toes.” She looks around. We’ve stopped at a quiet little village about an hour away from the Donatello estate. “We’re going to have to ditch the car.”
I pull out my phone and see the ten missed calls from my parents as well as a fuck-ton of messages. Ignoring them all, I call Liliana instead. “You okay? You know everyone is looking for you. Is Kyla with you?” she says as soon as she picks up.
“She is. We’re fine,” I tell her. “Do you think you can get away?”
“Uh, considering all the oldies are hell-bent on tracking you down, yeah. No one will notice if I’m gone.”
“Okay, I’m sending you a location. Meet me there. I’m getting married today.”
“What?” she shrieks. “Jesus, Lorenzo, youdohave a death wish.”
“I don’t. I just know what I want,” I tell her.
“Okay, what do you need me to do?”
“I need a suit. Bring me one from my room. And Kyla needs a dress,” I say. Letting go of Kyla’s hand, I walk away from the group. “When you’re in my closet, open the safe. The code is 1-9-7-3. There’s a ring inside a little black box in the back.”
“Holy shit, Lorenzo, how long have you been planning this?” Liliana asks me.
“I’m not answering that. Just keep it between us, okay?”
“Of course, no oldies. All right, be right there.”
I end the call and make my way back over to Kyla, my brother, and my sister. “Come on. We’re going to walk to the train and head to Florence. Liliana will meet us there,” I tell them as I take hold of Kyla’s hand.
“You know, I think you’re both crazy as fuck, but I’m finally getting a sister, so I don’t even care.” Aurora grins.
“Yesterday, you hated that I was dating Kyla,” I remind her.
“That was yesterday. This is today, Lorenzo. Keep up.” She sighs like I’m the lunatic here.
* * *
By the timewe make it to Florence, Liliana is waiting for us. She’s not alone, though. No, Alessandro, Dante, Orlando, and Kyla’s friend Cassie are all lined up beside her.
“This is what you call coming alone?” I ask my cousin.
“I tried, and they followed,” Liliana says.
“So, where’s this wedding happening? Is there an open bar?” Dante looks around as if a venue is going to pop up out of nowhere.
“For you, no,” I tell him. He’s sixteen, and I’ll already be facing the firing squad for running away to get married. I don’t need to add giving alcohol to minors to my ever-growing list of punishable crimes.
