‘You will stay with me, won’t you?’ Mario kissed Gabriella’s head.
‘Yes, of course. I left you because I didn’t want to share you.’
‘But you did anyway.’
‘Because you got under my skin, and I couldn't get you out. Damn you, you cheating bastard.’ She hit his arm.
He hugged her tighter.
‘Takes one to know one.’
‘Touché.’ She kissed him.
‘Do you remember what we said when we were young? How we’d grow old together and have a whole brood of kids running round the place?’
‘Like the old woman who lived in a shoe, Andre loved that story. He wanted loads of brothers and sisters, I think it was his way of wanting to keep us together.’
‘Three was quite enough for me.’
‘For me too.’