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Teresa turns back to me and lowers her voice “He’s cute”

He hears her and chuckles Dad grunts, and Mole

“I know”

She frowns again, her eyes flickering back to Luca before looking back at me

“The little girl… She’s your daughter, isn’t she?”

“She is,” I confirm

“Wow,” she breathes “That makes me an aunt”

I put my arm around her shoulders “It does Would you like to meet her?”

“Yes,” comes her immediate answer

I pull her intoto feel her there to know that this is real My eyes meet Luca’s a

gain, and they shine with love as he watches me with a soft expression

As I leadroo behind us, I think about how lucky I am

Over seven years ago, I was fortunate enough to find the one man I was meant to be with for the rest of my life I knew it the instant I met him We only had weeks before our happiness was ripped away The years I was inin space, neither here nor there The first person I saw after I caain the man of my dreams, the other half of ained nized Luca for who he was, and I slowly started feeling whole again, like I belonged and was exactly where I was supposed to be

With Luca and our daughter

Now I have my sister and my parents back, and I know that no matter what happens, no matter what troubles life throws at us, it’ll never shatter the co I carry in my heart