Page 70 of Wizard's Spitfire

Charlie

IT’S A COLD WINDY ASwe walk along the streets of Little Italy in Chicago. Wizard is showing us the neighborhood he grew up in. And tonight, we’re meeting his family. His entire family. They had to rent a place to fit everyone. To say I’m nervous maybe the understatement of the year.

Our hands are threaded together as we head to his favorite bakery, Scafuri. The girls are behind us. Ma and Pops are behind them. When we arrive, Wizard gets the door for us. The first whiff makes my stomach rumble. We got in yesterday morning and the girls wanted to see everything. By dinner time I was too exhausted to eat and passed out in bed fully clothed.

“What’s good?” Luci asks.

“Everything,” Wizard replies.

“What’s your favorite?” Val asks.

“For breakfast, I like their kiwi Danish and sweet croissants. They stuff them with different things. Oh, and you can never go wrong with a cream puff. They often have fresh fruit with their homemade whipped cream.”

“We should get a few boxes of stuff to try,” Franni suggests.

I laugh. “Get what you want.”

I stand back and watch my family as they gleefully choose everything that catches their eye. They’ve come so far over the last two months. A few days after the event, we sat down as afamily with Saber and told him what we want our dream home to look like. Everyone in the family was included in the meeting.

A week later, Wizard moved into the guest house with us. It’s bigger than my old home, which is currently up for sale. When it sells, we’re putting the proceeds into mutual funds accounts for the girls. It took a couple of weeks, but we fell into a happy routine. I found evidence that tied Brooks, Robillard, DeLuca, and Jacobs to Lola Biaz.

They intended to sell her and the twins. Only Brooks fucked up and kept giving her drugs. He was supposed to wean her off after they kidnapped her. Instead, he gave her drugs, then left her with one of the underlings; who panicked when she overdosed and dumped her at the hospital.

The four of them are sitting in jail on multiple felony charges. The marshals linked the four men to the Bratva and the trafficking ring. With Wizard and Bugs help, the feds found where the shipment was taking place. They raided the warehouse and saved twenty men, women, and children.

We sit at the table and stuff our faces with perhaps the best pastry I’ve ever had in my mouth. JR is in the witness protection program indefinitely. The girls have come to terms with it.

Wizard

WHAT A WHIRLWIND THElast two months were. Riley stayed in town. She's heading a task force to make sure we didn’t miss anyone in the sweep. Plus, she’s working with me and Bug to put together extensive dossiers on each criminal.

Crab healed quickly and surprised everyone enlisting in the marines. Flea and Ace joined him, deciding they wanted at least one tour in service. After being on campus during the Bratva attack, they all wanted more training. Smoke agreed to give them extra training when they’re home.

I’m nervous as hell as we make our way to dinner. We’re staying a few blocks away from the restaurant private dining room my parents rented out. Ma was heartbroken that she wasn’t cooking for us. I told her we’d make a trip up during the holidays and she could cook to her heart's content.

It’s too cold to walk even a few blocks with the ladies all dressed up. I arranged for a limo to take us.

The girls oohed and ahhed all the way there and I can’t take my eyes off Charlie in her little black dress. My cock’s half-masted just sitting next to her. Our fingers are intertwined. I use my thumb to rub lazy circles on the back of her hand.

“Are you ready to meet my family, Spitfire?”

“Yes, but I’m nervous.”

“They’re going to love you. I hope you love them.”

“I’m sure I will. They did raise a pretty spectacular person.”

I lean down close to her ear. “You’re just saying that because I gave you half a dozen orgasms last night.”

A blush spreads across her cheeks. The limo stops. I get out first and help everyone else out. Pops holds open the door for everyone. An employee ushers us to the private dining room. There must be close to fifty people. The cousins and aunts are here.

The next ten minutes are our introductions. The girls are immediately taken under nonna’s wing and whisked off. We’re seated close to my parents. My mother asks Charlie a billion questions, which she graciously answers. Over the next couple of hours, we eat, drink, and laugh.

Before dessert arrives. A few of my cousins take the stage and start playingLean on Me.I join them on stage and start singing the song. When the chorus begins, the triplets join me on stage and sing along. We all sing the second verse. This time, when the chorus starts, I change the lyrics and step off the stage and head toward my woman.

Will you marry me

Will you be my bride

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