Page 49 of Last Fall

The Pythons scored and the crowd went wild as the horns blared. Zoe didn’t look away from methough.

“Why do some of you have such American names andtherest—”

“Have such Cubannames?”

“Yeah.”

The way she kept staring atmylips...

Fuck.“That’s just what happens when your momma is Cuban and your dad is as white astheycome.”

“You’re all really closeinage.”

I shrugged. “It was just the way my parents were. They loved each other a lot. Loved having kids. And some of my siblings feel the same way. Elena already has two and she’s only been married three years. Roberto got married last year and their baby is barely three months old. They’re already talking about the next one. I think they got pregnant on theirhoneymoon.”

“Wow. My parents were both only children. I have a brother and we aren’t close. I can’t imagine what your familyislike.”

I nodded toward Belle and Riley sitting a few feet away. “It’s basically like this. All the time.” I loved every crazy, busy, insane momentofit.

“I think itsoundsnice.”

I touched her cheek again. I couldn’t seem to stop. “Then you should come to dinner and enjoy all the big, loud,nicewe have tooffer.”

She blinked up at me with those green eyes and said exactly what I wanted tohear. “Okay.”

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