Page 33 of Legend
“Dad still says that?” I asked in surprise.
“Of course!” Romeo chuckled. “So I wanted to call you, especially because Dad and Luca said you will be coming home. Well, Dad said that.”
I wondered how my father knew this. Maybe he just planned it and intended to force it to happen. “I am but just for a visit.”
“Man, it would be great to see you.”
“I missed you too, baby brother.”
“Baby hell,” he quipped. “I’m grown now. Come and visit so I can kick your ass in basketball.”
I laughed as I remembered us always competing. Football, basketball and even golf. “I will call before we come. That way, you can get ready to lose.”
Romeo laughed with me as he asked, “We? You’re bringing someone?”
“Yes, her name is Glory,” I stated as I met her gaze. “My fiancée.”
Romeo got quiet then he exclaimed, “Hell man. Congrats!”
“Thank you,” I said as my eyes never left Glory’s face.
Glory leaned in close and gently kissed my cheek.
“We all missed you, Gio. Tito and Rocky came home so damned excited. Telling us how you looked and that you had become a doctor. Course, I knew you would. But you gotta knowsomething here… No matter how long it’s been or how far away you are, you're our brother. Nothing will ever change that.”
“Man, too much,” I stated quietly. “È troppo…It’s too much.”
“The hell it is. Come home for a few days, bene? I think ten years is long enough.”
“Yeah, it is,” I replied as I locked eyes with Glory. “I’ll call when we are ready to go.”
“Dad said he had people watching the place where you’re at. So you will have a security escort when you come.”
“Yeah, whether I like it or not,” I snapped.
“Of course,” Romeo said and snickered. “The more things change, the more they stay the same. Ci vediamo presto, fratello.”I’ll see you soon, brother.
“Si, ci vediamo presto, Romeo.” I swiped my cell screen then looked up at Glory.
She giggled. “Ok, so I know that wasn’t anything sexy but I think I’m going to forbid you from speaking your native language.”
I chuckled. “I admit, I stopped speaking it almost as soon as your dad brought me here. But over the years, your brothers caught me cursing in Italian a few times.”
“They did?”
I nodded. “Was usually when we were sparring in the gym and one of them would land a solid hit on me. Then one time, I was helping them move furniture and the couch landed on my toe. I swore like a drunken Italian. They all stared at me and I know they wondered but only Liberty asked if I was Italian. Fate had said,no shit, Sherlock.”
Glory laughed and rolled her eyes. “My brothers are morons. We all know that.”
I shook my head and admitted, “Hearing Romeo’s voice, I realized that I missed them.”
“Of course you did, Legend. I can’t even imagine what that would be like. Not seeing my family for ten years. I mean yes, my brothers can often get on my last nerve, but I would hate not seeing them all the time.” She slowly shook her head then added, “But if you hadn’t left them and come home with my dad all those years ago, I wouldn’t be able to kiss my Italian hottie like this.” Leaning in, she grasped my cheeks and smothered my mouth with hers.
Chapter Twelve:Delizioso
Glory
My gosh, I could kiss this man forever. Not possible I know, but I’d waited so long to be with him I could stow us away on an island and be happy for at least six months.
