Page 137 of The Last Ones Standing, Part Two

“I can have them bring you and Jace something to eat,” Dante offers.

“Please, Uncle Gio,” Bella says, looking up at me with puppy-dog eyes. “After dinner, I can show you my new reader and all my books Daddy and Lizzy loaded for me.”

I wink at her, not able to deny her a thing. “I can’t stay long, princess, but I’ll eat with you and peek at your books before I go.”

“Yes,” she cheers, squeezing my heart.

“Come, we can go to my gaming room. I wanted to show you something today before I left the office, but I forgot. It’s in my bag in there,” Lizzy says as she stands.

I nod and follow after her. Jace is right with me. He’s carrying the bag with the gift I have for her inside. I asked Jace to have them commissioned for her a while ago. This is my personal apology for the other night.

“What’s up?” She turns to me and asks nervously.

“It’s been a while since I’ve taken you shopping or given you a gift. I thought you’d like this.”

I beckon Jace with two fingers to hand her the gift box. Lizzy takes it and sits. I watch as she removes the lid. Taking the case from inside, her brows furrowed.

She opens the case and gasps. “Oh my God, these are gorgeous.” She holds up one of the twin Glocks and runs her fingers over the curves.

“Dante has a blade with the same carvings and Dario has twin axes. They’re from my family,” Jace says.

“Guys, these are great and I love the gold roller blades. But should I have these in the house with Bella? I only have the small safe in my room. It won’t hold these too.”

“We’ll keep the case for you until you need it. These will be for special occasions,” I reply.

“Thanks, guys.” She places the case aside and comes to give us a hug.

“You’re welcome.”

It’s never hard to make Lizzy happy. I hope my brother doesn’t let me down.

Chapter 58

New Arrival

Gio

Two Months later…

“Gio,” Lucas croons as I open the FaceTime call.

“Hey, how you doing?”

“Look. We have another boy in the family. He’s beautiful,” he says, backing up to get Dario and the little bundle into view.

“G, you still coming for that run with us?” Ny calls into the room.

“Yeah, give me a sec. Car had the baby. I’m meeting my nephew.”

“Aww, what’s his name?”

“I don’t know yet.”

“Is that Nyla? Tell her to come see him. His name is Matteo,” Dario says proudly.

She comes over and I pull her into my lap. Dario holds the baby up at a better angle. He whimpers a little.

“He’s adorable,” Ny coos. “How’s Car doing?”

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