Epilogue – Julia

One Yr Later

Edwardand I strolled arm in arm down Columbus Avenue towards the most effective restaurant in all of San Francisco – Armani’s Italiano Ristorante. The steep incline of the road required Eddie’s additional muscle on the helm of our child’s ornate carriage. He was one doting proud papa! It was a wonderful Sunday afternoon with an autumn chill within the air and a blustery breeze that swirled the colourful fall leaves throughout the sidewalk in entrance of us.

The vigorous North Seashore neighborhood was like a beautiful little hive buzzing with exercise that had a means of capturing the senses of anybody who took the time to cease and respect it. There was great classical music coming from the small chamber orchestra within the park, households have been out and about and, as regular, the elegant aroma coming from the Italian bakeries was nearly sufficient to truly add inches onto our waistlines.

And there it was: On the backside of the hill the San Francisco Bay sparkled within the solar like a uncommon gem.

“Oh Edward look! Doesn’t the bay look additional pretty at this time! It’s so lovely!”

“Yep. I by no means develop bored with taking a look at it. Particularly with you Julia. What a beautiful metropolis we dwell in!”

Cousin Anthony greeted us on the door of the restaurant along with his regular heat bear hug. Each males shouted “Paisano!” ; The Italian means of calling one another brother.

“Nice to see you two once more! C’mon in! Lemme see that lovely child of yours!”

Anthony fastidiously picked up our toddler daughter out of her carriage just like the light big that he was.

“Hello candy little Alenna……you’re simply as fairly as your mommy…..you understand that? Sure you might be…..come to your Cousin Tony now baby……

Tony carried Alenna out to the patio desk the place Michael and Nigel have been already seated, bouncing her as he walked.

“There’s my attractive niece! Are you in search of your Uncle Michael cutie pie? Right here I’m……..I’ll take her……thanks Anthony. Hello Alenna! How’s my little Alenna? Hey I simply considered one thing! Doesn’t Edward have a ship named The Alenna?”

“That’s proper little brother. And sometime Michael, when Nina is sufficiently old, her mother and I’ll clarify precisely why she was named after an Italian man’s boat!”

Everybody laughed aside from Michael, he simply gave me a pretend look of disgust after which smiled.

Edward and I sat down with the fellows as Tony left and rapidly returned with a bottle of Armani Napa Merlot and 4 glasses.

“None for me thanks Tony. I’m nonetheless breastfeeding. I’ll simply have some Pellegrino mineral water please.”

“Coming proper up Julia!”

Nigel tickled Alenna below her chin attempting to get amusing out of her, however bought no response as regular.

“Cootchie cootchie coo you little sweetheart…….….what’s incorrect with this little one? Nonetheless nothing? Not even a smile in your Uncle Nigel?”

Edward chimed in on the matter.

“Give her time Nigel. Not everybody will get your British humor proper off the bat!”

“I suppose you’re proper Edward. Half of it nonetheless goes proper over YOUR head in spite of everything these years!”

Anthony returned with my bottle of glowing water and poured some into my wine glass.

“So are we celebrating something explicit at this time Paisano? Apart from the customary celebration of the nice life?”

“Nigel and I have been additionally questioning what this was about. Julia has been awfully close-mouthed about it. Haven’t you Sis?”

“Nicely Edward and I do have some thrilling information that we want to share with all people at this time….. earlier than we order our meals.”

Anthony shouted out, “Oh my God there’s one other child Armani on the way in which!”

Naturally I used to be pressured to set him straight:

“Tony? What are you loopy? We’re having means an excessive amount of enjoyable with Alenna to even take into account such a factor. What do I appear to be anyway? A baby-making machine?”

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