𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝

60

Epilogue

9 months later.
Mila

"He's gonna be here any day now so we have to not put too much stress on Mommy, okay guys?" I hear Gio telling the kids in the other room, it was summer break so the kids had endless nights keeping us up all night.

But since the baby is due soon I'm going to need the rest and they understood that.

Gio finally comes back into the room and shuts the door. "I think they're finally tired out." He says and I chuckle at that.

We moved into a new house a few months ago, it was a bit smaller than the last one but still way bigger than necessary thanks to Gio, it felt more homey so I loved it. "How's my little man?" He says as he lays down next to me placing his hands on my belly.

I smile. "He's great, I, on the other hand, look like a human bowling pin." It was true, my stomach was way bigger than when I was pregnant with the twins which I just couldn't believe.

"You look beautiful baby," Gio says.

"I love you, but I can barely stand on my feet for ten minutes without my feet feeling like they're ready to fall off, I'm huge!"

He gives me a blank stare, I haven't gotten one of those in a while.

He kisses my bump. "You look beautiful." He says trying to reassure me and I smile at him because I know he truly believes it and that is all that matters.

"How do you think this baby got inside of you?" He adds his snarky joke and I grab a pillow throwing it at his face.

"Your shitty pull-out game is how." He smiles at that, not denying it.

"That also."

Suddenly his phone begins to ring but he ignores it as he begins rubbing my belly, a part of his nightly routine, that and talking to my stomach.

"Babe, answer your phone," I tell him and he sighs as he pulls his phone out from his pocket placing his left ear on my stomach he checks the caller ID and creases his brows. "Unknown number." He says as he answers it and places it on his ear.

"Hello?" He says and slowly gets up as a voice comes through the other end. "Luca?" He asks and my eyes widen at that.

He looks at me and I motion for him to take the call out on the balcony, I know this is going to be an important call.

Giovanni

"Hello?" I answer the phone.

"Hey, old man." A voice comes through the other end, a voice I've been waiting to hear for almost a year.

"Luca?" I sit up and look at Mila who motions for me to take the call in privacy.

I head over to the balcony connected to our bedroom shutting the door behind me. "It's me," he tells me.

"Where have you been?" I ask.

He stays quiet for a moment. "Kind of everywhere."

"Where are you now?" I ask.

"New Jersey." He tells me and my brows furrowed what the fuck has he been doing there. "Look, I really lost myself after... everything, I went down paths that I shouldn't have." He tells me and I nod, Luca has had some issues in the past as well, getting into the wrong crowd and getting into shut he should have.