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He’d been there waiting for her

A long pause ‘No She doesn’t need to’ Rocco made no effort to move

‘Either let me in or I let myself in’

Now Rocco’s face did show so over it ‘You enter h He was there to see his wife, not debase hi hiht, he climbed the steps and stood eye to eye with him ‘I know Alessandra is your sister but she isin her woht with every breath into see her whether you like it or not, so, are you going to let me the easy way or the hard way?’

He couldn’t believe it had co up to each other If he wasn’t so heartsick about his wife there would be some room in his heart to hly and had hoped, until this precise moment, could one day be mended

To his surprise, Rocco’s stance relaxed a fraction He looked hi ‘She’s in the summer room’

Christian waited for the catch When no catch see, he headed off in the direction he remembered

‘Memento vivere,’ Rocco called out

The words made him pause in his tracks He turned his head and supplied, ‘Remember to live’

Finally a smile attached itself to Rocco’s face ‘The best life to live is with the wo without the wooing to run rings around you’

‘She already is’ As quickly as Christian’s cheeks raised up into a quick grin, he felt a fragmented piece of him reattach itself

Now to find his wife and see if all the other broken pieces could be fixed too

He found her curled up on the daybed, a cross between a chaise longue and a sofa, reading a glossy azine Beneath the si of her belly, safely protecting their baby in its confines

He would give his life to keep Alessandra and their baby safe fro to see him there ‘Christian’ Her voice sounded hoarse ‘What are you doing here?’