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I almost told the driver to turn around so I could take her back hoe and took the risk of taking her hand in mine while the others were too preoccupied to notice Lance hining about his cannoli, so I kneould be safe frole eyes, at least I spent the short drive to the theatre reassuring her, and by the time we left the limo, she seemed a lot less tense

"This is the kind of stuff the faet used to it, since it looks like the twins have adopted you I’ll try to keep the and don’t think too much Think of it as your debut” In a sense, that’s exactly what it was I’ht of that when she switched plans, but if she’s here, there’s a good chancewith their teenage kids

As expected, the vestibule leading into the lobby was croith the who’s who in the city The girls snatched Gianna froroup of their New York friends who see her to the rest of the sure that she stood out, that’s all It had nothing to do with the way I felt looking at her in that damn dress How is it that I never realized that shit waspart of its back? I was tempted, very tempted to remove the jacket of my tux and throw it around her shoulders because it wasn’t just fe her the way I was I looked around to make sure

“Bruh, clean the drool off your chin”

“What’re you talking about?” Where the hell did he come from?

“You’ve been drooling since Gia came out of that bedroo with your pitiful self Maybe you can write a poem, an ode to the delectable Gia”

“Don’t call her that” He rolled his eyes and walked in step beside me

“This is going to be fun” He rubbed his hands together with glee

“What is?”

“The way I figure, this ot you beat You excel in literature, the arts, and fighting skill, but when it comes to the ladies, I’m the don”

“Nope, the race is not to the swift I think I’ve got you beat there too because none of those things you play around with coain

It was torture! I missedher I had a perfect view of her profile frohtly to the left of her There were more people in our box than I’d expected since the twins invited their friends over and I barely gave thought to whatthem when they knew the weekend was supposed to be all about her

One of the girls is sohters of the city’s elite, and the other one if I remember correctly, is some hotshot equestrian She stood out with that hair of hers Though free of adornments, unlike the others who had either a co black locks drew the eye with its luster

At first, my eyes were drawn to her because I found it alht up watching her enjoy the play Her eh I doubt she understands a word of Italian, the eh to n of a true connoisseur, and I’d agree I knew she seemed the type Most artists are into this crap

When the first tear fell and rolled down her cheek, I felt my heart squeeze Thankfully, Lance, who sat next to e to stick his nose in my shit when I retrieved the kerchief from my pocket and tapped her shoulder to pass it to her

She saveher eyes Even that simple action made o back to the drawing board

Soirls with oodbyes, and the whole entourage ca to instill culture and class in their sons Three of the around the twins, ca under the diht in the theatre’s lobby