Page 170 of Mafia Don's Secret Twins

But I guess I wouldn’t have it any other way.

“How’d it turn out?” Caterina smiles.

I shrug. “Exactly how you’d expect.”

She chuckles. Her hand drifts over her belly, which is definitely looking uncomfortably large at seven months pregnant. “Well, I don’t think any of us were thinking that things would turn out like this.”

She’s right.

I reach out and grab my sister-in-law’s hand. “I’m happy you could make it.”

“Elio absolutely freaked out about it, but that’s not new. You’d think that after three pregnancies, he’d stop.”

I roll my eyes. “The day Elio stops freaking out about you will be a cold day in hell.”

She laughs.

“Thank you, Caterina,” I say quietly.

She smiles. “For what?”

“For being so wonderful when I needed you. For being someone who believed in me and the girls right away. And for someone who… believed in Dino.”

When no one else didare the words that I’m not saying.

But over the years, Dino told me the story of every scar. Every single one.

Including the one across his throat.

The smile fades slightly. “You know, it makes me sad that Dino never felt this accepted with us. I wish that he could have had this peace with us. But I’m so grateful that he found it with you. Dino… he’s never been easy, exactly. But he’s loveable. He deserves love. And you’ve given him that, for years and years, and I’m so thankful for you,” she says.

The tears on her cheeks are going to make me cry.

Absolutely.

“Listen, girl, if you cry I’m going to cry so you better stop it right now,” I whisper.

Caterina laughs and pulls me in for a hug. “Then I guess we’ll cry together.”

I hold on to my sister-in-law for a while. I’m sure that it’s the pregnancy hormones on her part, but I really am so happy that I met her.

So happy that this family became mine, because it’s everything I wanted.

Caterina pulls back and winks. “I’ll see you in a bit.”

I watch her go.

Dino sidles up behind me and presses a kiss on my temple. “You good, baby?”

“Yeah, I’m good. How’s the perimeter?” I ask.

Chuckling, Dino pulls me in. “You really are a mob boss now, aren’t you Marisol?”

I blush. “What makes you say that?”

“We’re here, having a family vacation, and you’re still thinking about security.”

I roll my eyes. “We’re kind of a high profile target right now. And, there’s that business with…” my voice trails off.

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