Page 44 of Legend
“Wait, since when do you speak Italian?” Legend asked Justice.
“I took a language course in school, Legend. But I admit, Italian and French were my faves. So I kept up with speaking and listening to them on my phone or laptop.”
“Never mind that,” I said. “Justice has always been weirdly intelligent. What is this about our wedding?”
Rocky now looked alarmed. “Oh, don’t tell on us. Per favore? I don’t think Stephano would be happy that we said something.”
“Nah, tattling is Justice’s thing, not mine.” I gave Justice a wink.
Justice wobbled his head at me sarcastically. “Yes, yes…ha-ha.”
I again looked back at Legend’s large cousins. “Besides, Giovanni and I aren’t even engaged yet.”
“Damn…” Legend grinned at me as he grabbed his fork and scooped up some eggs from our plate. “Say that name again.”
Very confused, I paused to ask, “What?”
“You said my real name.” He grabbed a piece of toast and bit into it.
“Giovanni?” I asked.
He slowly nodded his head. “Hmmm-hmm. Wow.”
Tito and Rocky both chuckled.
“Bene, Gio,” Tito said as he shook his head. “That is your name.”
Legend got busy eating another piece of bacon so he didn’t answer.
“Here in the Requiem, he is known as Legend,” I told them.
“Si, Descalia.” Rocky nodded. “We are all Legends.”
“I had wondered about his legal name from time to time,” I admitted. Boy, did I. The truth was, I had asked him more than a dozen times over the years. I never got the truth. I would make up names for him in my head and they just never seemed to fit. I can say that I never envisioned an Italian name. Thinking of him as Giovanni was sort of sexy, but to me he would always be just Legend.”
“How can you not know his name?” Tito asked as he looked confused.
“We have road names, Tito,” Legend explained. “You know for the MC?”
“Oh si, I’ve been watching that biker show,” Tito said. “You got Lil Killer, Happy, Jax and the Pimp.”
We all looked over at him.
Legend burst into laughter as did Justice.
I coughed as I almost choked on my coffee.
Legend turned to me concerned as he patted my back.
I raised my hand. “I’m okay.” I chuckled.
“He kept his real name a secret for all this time actually,” Justice spoke up.
The two bodyguards looked at him then over at Legend.
“So, you hid your real name?” Tito asked.
“Perché dovresti farlo?” Rocky said.
