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After a time, the door opens, and Posy comes in.
We moved back to Catania four months ago after finding ourselves spending more time there than in Palermo. Posy and I bonded almost immediately, and even though Domino runs security for the Morello family, he and Natale are closer now than ever before.
“You look amazing!” Posy gushes as she lifts the pillow behind my back. Excitement vibrates her body as she waits for details.
“It’s a boy.” I can’t hide the ecstatic sigh in my tone. I’m deliriously happy. After everything that’s happened in my life, I know I’m right where I’m meant to be.
“I can’t wait to meet him. Natale followed Domino with the baby, and your parents should be arriving soon.” I never once hesitated to address Santo and Evelina as Papa and Mamma when they suggested it. They’ve always been the perfect parents to me.
Leaning back in the bed, Posy chatters away about Gia and her own pregnancy while I close my eyes. Exhausted, I can’t help but feel complete in a way I never understood. For as turbulent as my life was, this was never the happy ending I thought I would be granted. I’ll be grateful every day of my life that I was purchased at an auction by a complex man wanting to do the right thing.
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Domino
Staringdown at my newborn son, my first son, my love for Nicola only grows deeper. She granted me a miracle so selflessly, and I couldn’t be more grateful to her.
With such a large family, the day was busy for us all. Natale and Posy left once my parents and brothers arrived. Everyone fell immediately in love with the little bundle of dark hair on his head. Just like his mother.
We still haven’t decided on a name yet. Nicola has struggled with choosing one for either sex the entire pregnancy, but I know once she finds it, it’ll be perfect.
“Are you going to share him or what?” Santi prods from beside me as Nicola is in the shower, getting refreshed with a nurse’s help.
Handing my son over to my brother, I study him with worry. After everything went down with the Salvatores and Santini, he had to return to America for a couple of months, and when he returned eight weeks ago, I noticed a difference in him.
“Are you going to tell me what happened?” It’s the first time I’ve asked him directly, but he can’t walk out on a conversation this time.
“Dishonorably discharged.” The words don’t belong with the smile on his face as he gazes upon his nephew.
“What the fuck for?” My words are stunted, but my anger is real.
Looking me in the eye, he cocks his head. “You know why, Domino.” For his entire adult life, Santi has been in the Army special forces and does excellent work.
“Why is it a problem now?” But I know the answer.
Me.My association with the Morellos.
“I don’t mind. I’m going to work with Maso and Donato, maybe even Pace. I can still do good in this world, Dom. Just like you have managed to. And who knows, maybe I’ll have a beauty dropped on me the same way you did.”
Letting it go because he doesn’t seem nearly as upset as me, Nicola comes out of the bathroom in a robe and fuzzy bunny slippers, appearing exhausted.
After kicking Santi out, I hand her the baby as she settles in bed to feed him. Watching my son suckle from her breast is the strangest sensation.
“It’s weird that this turns me on, right?” My fingers brush through her hair.
“Only if you try feeding from me too.” She gently laughs as her head reclines back and her eyes close, but the idea has merit. I just won’t tell her that.
Yet.
The End!
