The Alpha Wants Everything Book 1 The King's Queen
Chapter 78: Jackie’s shoes!

“I think we are the last ones again” he said to her as they walked down the stairs to see no one else.

“Maybe we should stop trying to save time in the shower?” She asked,

“Bite your tongue little mouse, before I bite it for you.” He replied, pulling her closer to him and pressing his lips to hers. They were about to step outside when they saw the four guards standing just outside the living room; they were flanked around Lacey who still sported the welt across her face from her first conversation with Dax. This brought a smile to his face when he saw it. Judging by the sound she made when she connected he didn’t think it would be gone anytime soon and if what Carter said was true it was heard at the bottom of the stairs.

“Beta Johnny, didn’t want to walk with it” one spoke, at the questioning look Kane gave him.

“What made him think I did?” Kane asked,

“He said you were the last ones to leave,” replied another. Kane stretched his neck and rolled his shoulders. This was not going to dampen his mood for the night. He had every intention of enjoying this dinner. It would be drama free for a change and his whole family was going to be there.

“Let’s go beautiful, we have family dinner and we’re late.” He reached out his hand for her, she entwined their fingers and they stepped outside. She didn’t like having Lacey walking behind her, it made her uncomfortable but Kane assured her a few times Lacey couldn’t get near her. The guards would growl if Lacey so much as looked in her direction. Kane purposely chose guards that despised Lacey to watch her. They wouldn’t be talked into anything, they wouldn’t have sympathy for her, show her any remorse. She pissed a lot of people off in the house and none of them could do anything about it. She was Alpha’s sister, but the second she put her hands on Luna they lost all respect for her, when he denounced her as his sister, they lost all fear of her and the hatred towards her flowed.

Again not even getting a chance to touch the door it was thrown open by Johnny.

“Bout time! We were starting to wonder if you two were ever going to show up” Johnny exclaimed laughing,

“We’re three minutes late, get the fuck outta the door and let us in” Kane said pushing him inside.

“Language!” Martina called from the kitchen

“Sorry!” Kane called back,

“Hello son, glad you could finally make it.” Edward came and greeted them at the door as well.

“We’re three minutes late” Kane repeated,

“Then you should have left three minutes early and you would have been here on time” Edward countered, pulling Kane into a hug.

“How are you my dear?” He said turning to her,

“I’m good, thank you, how are you?” She asked,

“I’m doing well,” he said, offering his arm and walking her into the house.

Dax looked at the photos on the wall and sure enough like Kane said there was one of them hanging up, it was from last Sunday dinner just after Kane had caught her and she was wrapped around him laughing as he was tickling her.

“We have our ways,” Edward said to her before she could ask. Kane could see the smile on her face, she had her photo on a family wall and it made this that much more real to her. It cemented more in her mind that she belonged here and this was her family.

“Everyone’s out back, there’s too many to fit in the dining room” Johnny said as he and Kane walked through the house. They could hear laughter through the house and it brought back the old days when they used to get together all the time. The conversations rolled while kids ran around laughing and screaming. This is what family dinner was supposed to be Kane thought.

“Hello my darlings! The others are outside already, they’ve been waiting on you” Martina said when they entered the kitchen, she gave them both a hug and a kiss.

“And you don’t get to frost the cake this time” Martina said to Dax as she gave her an extra hug, causing her to giggle.

“We’re not that late, like three minutes,” Kane exasperated,

“Well should have left three minutes early and then you’d have been on time” Martina said, he could hear the amusement in her voice as he just shook his head moving towards the back door.

“Hey, bout time you two showed up, ″ Damon said when he saw them.

“I know, should have left three minutes early then we would have been on time” Kane grumbled taking a seat. Causing a round of laughter to go through the group.

“Hey, what’s for dinner?” Damon asked,

“She won’t tell you will she? Just like when we were kids” Kane asked laughing,

“No, she kicked me out of the kitchen” Damon huffed,

“You wouldn’t stop bothering her, first words out of his mouth were, what’s for dinner mama I’m starving” Lydia said,

“I am starving….hey, Carter what’s for dinner?” Damon asked,

“Don’t you tell him Carter” Martina called from inside,

“I’m not telling, but it smells delicious,” Carter replied instead.

“That’s bullshit!” Damon huffed,

“Language!”

“Sorry!” Damon called back.

Edward came out and marked a tally on the board.

“What’s with the tally board?” Kane asked, pointing at it.

“Martina’s tallying all the times she catches us using language” Lydia explained.

“She got you twice already?” Kane asked laughing,

“I wasn’t even on the stairs yet when she called me on it the first time, it shouldn’t have counted. Still apologized though, she got you too” Damon said pointing at him.

“I wasn’t even in the house and jackass over there wouldn’t get out of the doorway” Kane said,

“Language!”

“Sorry!” Kane called back, sure enough another tick by his name.

“What happens if you have a lot of ticks by your name?” Dax asks,

“You have to clean up after dinner” Seraphine answered,

“Look at that Damon we’re winning” Kane said,

“Fuck yeah we are” Damon stated,

“Language!”

“Shit!” Damon mumbled,

“Language!”

“Shhh…..sorry…..twice” Damon called back, two more ticks by Damon’s name.

“You’re winning all by yourself now” Kenneth howled,

“I won’t be in the kitchen alone, banking on feisty pants over there to be joining me” Damon said, she opened her mouth to say something, but she had to close it again. Not even she could argue, she was pretty bad today.

“Oh, mama Martina said Dax can’t do the dishes on the account of her cast. But if she swears too much she won’t get dessert” Jackie said,

“That’s bullshit!” Came tumbling out of her mouth before she could even stop herself. “Sorry!” She added immediately right after before Martina could call her on it. A chorus of laughter rang through the yard as they watched Edward put a tick by her name.

“What’s for dessert?” Dax asked,

“Chocolate pie and cake, I picked” Johnny answered,

“I was already told I don’t get to frost the cake” when she felt the eyes of Johnny and Damon on her.

“Why don’t you get to frost the cake?” Jackie asked, drawing the attention of the others.

“Go ahead tell them what you did last time?” Kane said, nudging her,

“I frosted half the cake, then ate the other half for supper, and I’m not sorry” She replied, with a grin, causing them all to laugh

“That was your supper, you had half a bowl of frosting for supper?” Kane asked looking at her,

“You had cake for supper!” She countered,

“So did you!” He shot back,

“No, I had frosting for supper and cake for dessert, best dinner ever” she argued,

“Frosting for fucking supper” Kane grumbled,

“Language!”

“Shit! Sorry!” Kane called back,

“Language!”

“Sorry again” he called back,

“This is going to be an entertaining night,” Johnny said laughing.

“Fffff heck yeah! That does not have the same ring” Damon said curbing his language.

“$20 on Kane joining Damon in the kitchen” Dax made the bet before anyone else could,

“I’ll take that bet!” Johnny jumped on it, before Kenneth could even say a word.

“Fanculo” Kenneth huffed,

“Hey, hey, call him on his language mama! If we can’t swear in English then you three can’t swear in italian. Call him on his language” Damon yelled into the house,

“Scusa, sorry!” Kenneth called before Martina could say anything, but Edward came out and put a tick by his name.

“Are you fucking serious right now?” Kane asked looking at her,

“Language!”

“Sorry!” He called back, three more ticks by his name.

“Looks like you’re winning now brother” Damon commented howling.

“How come Johnny’s not on the board yet?” Kane asked,

“I’m on my best behaviour, she smacked the crap out of me when I got here” Johnny replied,

“It was fucking funny!” Damon said,

“Language!”

“Sorry!” Damon called back,

“Looks like we’re winning together again” Kane said laughing as he looked at him.

“Heading to the workshop, might want to grab a few bottles” Edward said, Kenneth, Marco, Damon and Carter followed Edward to the workshop, while Johnny and Kane went back inside to grab the liquor. Martina had Lacey sitting at the dining table with the guards on either side of her and across the table. None of them would look at her or talk to her. They spoke quietly amongst themselves, bowing when they saw their Alpha and Beta coming.

“Yuna, Yuna, Yuna!” Came an excited little voice running towards her, his little arms wrapping around her leg as she met him in the yard.

“He just adores them, it was all he could talk about on the way over. Gets to sit with the biggest boy” Jackie said,

“Awpah hee too?” He asked,

“He went inside to grab something, but he’ll be out in a minute” She answered, picking him up with her good arm and resting him on her hip.

“His brothers are gonna come running to, just watch” Jackie said, sure enough two more boys came running up to her. They all laughed as they watched Jackie’s boys crowd around her.

“Luna, Luna, Luna” they called in unison,

“Hi!” She said as the excited boys reached her.

“I’m Luca I’m 7, this is Nicco he’s 5” The older of the two said,

“How are you?” she asked, Marcus cuddled in closer to her,

“Guess my kids are taken care of for the night, they won’t leave her side” Jackie said with a laugh,

“Doesn’t look like she seems to mind” Lydia commented with a grin on her face.

“She’s gonna be a good mom” Seraphine added, they all nodded, watching her interact with the boys, they had her undivided attention.

“I leave you alone for 5 minutes and you’re already surrounded by boys,” Kane said when he and Johnny stepped back outside.

“Awpah!” Marcus exclaimed excitedly when he saw Kane.

“Hey little man!” Kane took Marcus from her holding him to his side.

“Alpha! I’m Luca, this is my other brother Nicco, he’s kinda shy” Luca introduced them to Kane.

“Hello Luca! Hello Nicco!” Nicco was peeking around her leg up at him.

“I think you scare him!” Johnny laughed “They’re waiting for us in the workshop and we have the drinks” Johnny added, walking away.

“Yuna tay wiff me” Marcus said pointing to himself,

“What if I wanted to take her with me?” Kane asked him,

“No, Yuna tay wiff me” He repeated,

“But she’s my mate” Kane said,

“We sarwen” he replied, looking at him,

“That’s not how this works, she’s my mate” Kane told the little boy.

“Mine too!” Marcus pointed at himself,

“She’s not yours” Kane looked at him,

“Uh huh!” Marcus replied nodding his head,

“I think you and I need to have a little chat” Kane said to him,

“I git hur today” Marcus said,

“We’re not negotiating” Kane was trying to be firm but he couldn’t help the smile on his face.

“Uh huh! I git hur today” Dax couldn’t help but laugh at the look on Kane’s face.

“You can have her till dinner, but she sits next to me” Kane said,

“I sit in hur yap. I sit in yur yap?” Marcus said then asked her.

“Yup! I just lost my kids for the night” Jackie repeated laughing.

“I get to sit beside her,” Nicco called quickly before his brother Luca could.

“I get to sit beside Alpha” Luca called back,

“Alright, the boys are waiting for me” He pressed his lips to hers then gave back Marcus who did the same thing. The laughter they heard as the whole yard erupted when they witnessed the little boy kiss her.

“That is a ballsy little kid, but damn does he have an impressive first kiss story” Damon howled from the workshop door, as Kane walked towards him shaking his head. He looked back over his shoulder to see her making sure she had all the children before she headed back towards the others on the deck. She really was good with them. Nicco said six words the whole time Kane was standing there, but now he was animatedly telling her something and he watched her react accordingly to whatever the little boy was saying. Luca was on the other side of her talking as well and Marcus was in her arms, and somehow she managed to keep her focus on all of them at the same time. She’s going to make an amazing mom! Kane thought.

“What the fuck took you so long?” Johnny asked when he walked into the workshop.

“I was negotiating with a three year old” Kane replied,

“You….win?” Marco asked,

“I don’t know!” Kane answered,

“You….didn’t,” he replied, shaking his head, causing them all to laugh.

“No he didn’t, he lost his mate though. That is a ballsy kid, and he has a way better first kiss story than I do” Damon interjected.

“What?” Edward asked,

“Little man kissed feisty pants right in front of Kane” Kane could only shake his head while the others laughed.

“That is a ballsy kid!” Edward laughed as he poured Kane a drink and handed it to him. “So how’s your boy’s week been going?” Edward asked looking at them all with a grin on his face,

“Uh oh!” Was all Damon could say,

“Should I start with the beginning of the week or what I heard today?” He asked them, they all looked at each other.

“Do you ever get the feeling the Elder Council just sits around and laughs at us?” Kane asked Johnny,

“I do now” he replied,

“There’s a story going around that Dax smacked the crap out of Lacey and judging by the mark on Lacey’s face it wasn’t a gentle hit either. It’s being called the hit heard around the house. Was she dressed up like a bunny when she did it? Cause that might be a tie with you wandering around the house not wearing any clothes” Edward said looking at Kane. They all turned to look at him.

“I didn’t hear that part” Damon said,

“Me either!” Johnny agreed.

“I can explain” Kane started, they were already laughing, how many times have they heard her say that when she caused shit somewhere.

“Fuck!” Was all he could say, how was he going to explain this?

“That’s your explanation? You might want to take it from the top” Damon howled,

“She had a scan done this morning to see how she processes emotions and a sketch of hers ended up in a pile of pictures I gave to the doctor to use.” Kane started explaining,

“Not a good sketch, I take it?” Edward asked,

“No, her monster in all his glory” Damon answered,

“We found out who did it” Kenneth added, Edward arched his eyebrow, there was more to the initial story than he thought.

“Brighton Sanders, him and Lacey were having an affair for the last 4 years. It started on my 21st birthday” Johnny explained, Edward looked at Johnny with his eyes wide.

“I’m sorry son!” He said,

“I took his head when I found out and got a paternity test done, the baby is mine, even if it wasn’t, the baby would be mine” he said, his dad just nodded. They all knew how excited Johnny was to be a dad, he loved that baby the second he knew about it and no one was going to take it away from him.

“Anyway, she was sedated after she saw it and when she came to in our bed we were talking, she put it together that it was someone from the pack and she wanted to know why, he didn’t think she would make a good Luna, because she wasn’t a wolf and couldn’t seem to keep herself out of the medical ward. He thought Lacey would be a better Luna and she figured out they were screwing each other, and she asked about the baby. At the time I didn’t know and I told her as much. Next thing I know she bolted from the bed and the room and was half way down the second floor hallway before I was even on the second floor. My mistake was thinking she couldn’t do anything with the use of only one arm. I got to the door in time to see her throat punch Lacey. And then Lacey made a comment about family and Dax bitch slapped her, told her she shouldn’t use words she clearly doesn’t know the meaning of. And the baby better be Johnny’s or she was coming back to finish her conversation.” Kane finished explaining.

“So let me get this straight, Lacey was fucking some other wolf, Johnny took his head, Dax figured it out runs from the room in a unicorn hospital gown after being sedated, you didn’t catch up to her till she was on the second floor moving towards Lacey’s prison, and you let Dax go thinking little girl one arm, what can she possibly do? Except apparently she can still throat punch people and belt them across the face hard enough that it can be heard through the house and a mark is still present on the face even now. And you stood there and watched her do it in your underwear” Edward surmised what he just heard.

“Yup!” Kane said, nodding, the workshop erupted into laughter.

“That is one strong one armed little girl” Edward said impressed,

“Don’t fuck with her family and don’t underestimate the one armed little girl” Kane agreed,

“Why is she dressed like a bunny?” Edward asked,

“She lost a bet with Kane” Damon answered howling.

“So you finally won one? I am assuming that’s why you four were dressed like wolves for a few days” Edward asked,

“Next time she said she’s going to dress him like a fairy” Kenneth stated,

“I might actually want pictures of that” Edward said, they all broke out laughing again.

“You all found your mates and they’re all pregnant now? You boys don’t waste any time, and the only one not afraid of the crazy is that one over there” Edward exclaimed pointing at Marco.

“Il pazzo non mi spaventa! (Crazy doesn’t scare me!)” Marco said,

“That’s because you’re fucking crazy” Johnny said, after he read the translation on Carter’s phone.

“Non sono pazzo….Not….crazy” Marco defended himself,

“Brother, crazy don’t know it’s crazy. The sane ones in this room know to be terrified of the pregnant crazy she-wolves and you’re over there procreating like bunnies, trying to single handedly repopulate the werewolf population.” Damon said to him, causing everyone else in the room to laugh. Edward poured another round of drinks and they laughed more telling stories.

“What are you complaining about? Carter’s the Delta he has to keep her from replaceing trouble everyday, you had her for 24hrs and you stole a truck” Johnny said howling,

“We’re gonna leave the bell on her right?” Carter asked, concern lacing his words. The workshop erupted into laughter, over how serious he was.

“I heard you got the Delta rank congratulations Carter” Edward said as he wiped the tears from his eyes.

“Thank you!” Carter said,

“I wanna hear some of Kenneth’s stories, he knows an awful lot of ours” Damon said,

“Yeah me too!” Johnny agreed,

“What about Carter?” Kenneth asked,

“He doesn’t have any stories, he spends all day on the training fields, or scouting in the woods for trespassers. And the stories he does have you were present for” Damon responded,

“Now that you mention it, he didn’t start getting stories until he started hanging out with us. Do you think we’re a bad influence?” Johnny asked,

“Nah!” Damon said, shaking his head. “Cmon Kenneth we already heard your rat story, just one story” Damon added begging him,

“Hai detto loro dei ratti?” Marco asked looking at him,

“No, you told them about the rats when you were high on tranquilizers” Kenneth said to Marco,

“There’s a rat story?” Edward asked intrigued.

“Yeah Kenneth fell into a basement full of rats when he was a kid and one crawled up the inside of his pant leg. He lost his pants and refused to put them back on and now he freaks out whenever he sees one” Damon explained, causing everyone in the room to laugh.

“Next dead eyed doll I see Damon, I’m sending it your way” Kenneth retorted, they all laughed harder, when they saw the horrified expression on Damon’s face.

“Oh fuck that doll, they tortured you with that thing” Edward said, shaking his head.

“That’s cause they’re assholes” Kane and Johnny broke out laughing.

“Whatever happened to that doll?” Edward asked,

“I will never fucking tell. Never!” Damon said straight faced, causing them all to laugh again.

“Wait, I want to hear about Marco, tequila and Jackie’s shoes” Kane said,

“Gliel’hai detto? (You told them?)” Marco looked at Kenneth

“No, I said you had a story about tequila and Jackie’s shoes” Kenneth answered,

“Kenneth had a….a….a…..s-s-s….f-f-f….whore per due anni….ha lasciato un ratti morto nel suo armadietto perché era uno stronzo (For two years….she left a dead ratti in his locker because he was an asshole)” Marco blurted. Wide questioning eyes all turned in Kenneth’s direction.

“Marco forgot he slept with a girl 30 minutes after he slept with her, took him 3 months to recognize Jackie as his mate, she had to wear a post-it note and he left me at a restaurant” Kenneth fired back,

“Sono tornato per te, non eri lì, ho guidato per tutta New York cercandoti (I came back for you, you weren’t there, drove all over New York looking for you). I….bit….Cujo….due volte (Twice)” Marco said.

“Now we’re getting stories, which one do we want to start with? My vote is the whore” Damon said howling,

“I wanna hear about the restaurant and why Marco bit Cujo” Johnny voted,

“We went for dinner, he left without me, made it all the way home, not so bad right, except he drove us, so I called him” Kenneth said, as Johnny cracked up laughing.

“Sì, mi chiama, mi chiede se ho dimenticato qualcosa, Ho detto di no, mi ha chiesto se ero sicuro, sì, certo. Ha detto che l’avevo dimenticato e poi mi ha chiamato idiota. Sono tornato al ristorante, ma lui non c’era. È andato a casa con uno di le cameriere. Ho guidato per tutta New York cercando il suo culo stupido. Poi mi ha chiamato dicendo che devo andarlo a prendere a casa sua. Così ho fatto, sto fuori ad aspettarlo sono stato morso da un cane due volte era una fottuta stronzata (Yes, he calls me, he asks me if I have forgotten something, I said no, he asked me if I was sure, yes, of course. He said I forgot him and then he called me an idiot. I went back to the restaurant, but he wasn’t there. He went home with one of the servers. I drove all over New York looking for his stupid ass. Then he called me saying I have to pick him up from her house. So I did, I’m standing outside waiting for him I’ve been bitten by a dog twice that was fucking bullshit)” Marco explained, as Carter read the translation.

“I come out of the house and here’s Marco standing on the roof of the car yelling at some poor woman to get her fucking dog away from him. She’s apologizing saying she doesn’t know what came over him, he never bites people. Marco looks at her deadpan and asks ‘Il fottuto Cujo sa che non morde le persone? Perché non credo gli sia stato detto….Does fucking Cujo know he doesn’t bite people? Because I don’t think he was told’” they were all howling in the workshop.

“Stava lì a ridere di me, a dire quello che ottengo per averlo lasciato al ristorante. Stupido stronzo del cazzo! (He was standing there laughing at me, saying what I get for leaving him at the restaurant. Stupid fucking asshole!)” Marco added,

“How did he get off the roof?” Edward choked out,

“He growled at it,” Kenneth replied.

Marco told them the story of how Kenneth ended up with a stalker for two years.

“She stole your underwear?” Johnny howled,

“Every fucking pair!” Kenneth replied,

“How did you get rid of her?” Damon asked,

“È andato a letto con lei e poi l’ha ignorata il giorno dopo, lei lo ha chiamato stronzo e ha messo un ratti morto nel suo armadietto, lui va fuori di testa. (He slept with her and then ignore her the next day, she called him an asshole and put a dead rat in his locker, he freak the fuck out)” Marco answered,

“Sure that you remember, but you can’t remember getting crushed by a tombstone” Kenneth shook his head at him.

“Sono stato schiacciato da una lapide? Quando sono stato schiacciato da una lapide? (Was I crushed by a tombstone? When was I crushed by a tombstone?)” Marco asked, looking rather confused.

“When you were ten, you broke six ribs” Kenneth told him,

“Come mai non lo sapevo? (How come I didn’t know?)” Marco asked,

“Cause I thought it would be funny to tell you now” Kenneth replied,

“Whata bitch!” Marco shot back, the room erupted into laughter once again.

“I wanna hear about the girl and putting post-it notes on Jackie” Damon said,

“I still want to hear about tequila and Jackie’s shoes” Kane said,

“It was a few months before he met Jackie and Marco had just turned 16, we went out to celebrate and ended up at a club. He was dancing with some girl on the dance floor and he brought her home. About 30 minutes later, he comes out of his room and asks me ‘Kenneth why is there a bitch in my bed?’ and he’s not quiet about it, and I can hear her swearing at him. I’m just staring at him, then he asks me ‘Did you put that bitch in my bed?’ I said no, ‘Then how the fuck did that bitch get there?’ I had to explain to him that he brought her home and slept with her, he just stared at me.” Kenneth was explaining, while the others were just howling

“Then he walks back into his room and yells ‘Why the fuck are you still here? Doors over there get the fuck out.’ She cursed him a blue streak calling him everything under the sun, called me an asshole, left and he went to bed.” Kenneth finished,

“He lived with you?” Johnny asked, trying to dry his eyes

“His dad died in a battle when he was 12 and his brother didn’t know how to handle him, it didn’t help that he couldn’t recognize his own brother for 5 years….after the tombstone. Used to call him the asshole that bossed him around all the time.” Kenneth replied, they were quiet after that.

“Lapide? Quale lapide?” Marco asked,

“The one that crushed you and gave you brain damage” Damon answered looking at him,

“Perché non mi è stato detto? (Why wasn’t I told?)” He looked at them all confused,

“You know if his past wasn’t so tragic I could have a lot of fun with this” Damon replied,

“That’s cause you’re an asshole” Carter blurted, causing the others to laugh.

“Carter, that’s the second time you called me an asshole today” Damon stared at him,

“No, you called yourself an asshole the first time, I just agreed” Carter stated defending himself,

“Give the boy a rank and look what happens,” Johnny said laughing.

“Jackie and the post-its?” Damon asked,

“Three months after the bitch in the bed, he walked into a cafe, and walked out with Jackie, marking her that night. The next day he wakes me up banging on my door, panicking. ‘Kenneth, why is there a girl in my bed?’ I had to explain to him that he brought her home, then I asked if he wanted her to leave. He said no, she smells nice. I said that’s because that’s your mate. A month straight of that exact conversation. Both Jackie and I were getting frustrated at this point and we came up with the post-it note idea. We tried it for a week, and it worked. He stopped knocking on my door asking why there was a girl in his bed. She wore it for two months, don’t get me wrong, sometimes she forgot or it would rip and I’d get that knock but for the most part he woke up and knew who she was. Then one day I got this knock on the door, thinking Jackie forgot the post-it note or it fell off, I opened the door. ‘Why is Jackie wearing a post-it note, does she not know who she is?’ I had to explain to him why she was wearing it. He’s fine now for the most part, he does have his bad days though” Kenneth explained. No one knew what to say to that.

“Jackie’s….scarpe….your fault” Marco said looking at Kane,

“My fault? What the fuck did you do that it’s my fault?” Kane asked shocked, Kenneth was already laughing

“It was the night you went shot for shot with tequila, and you asked Marco what the fuck takes Jackie so long getting ready? He told you she has a hard time replaceing shoes to match her outfit. A few more shots and you asked him how many shoes she had, he said lots. Then you said he should help her get rid of some shoes, so she could get ready faster and we could have dinner sooner.” Kenneth explained,

“Uh oh!” Damon said, trying not to crack.

“Ho pensato che fosse un’ottima idea, quindi ho lasciato il bar (I thought it was a great idea so I left the bar)” Marco added,

“I remember you leaving the bar that night, not much else though” Kane replied.

“Inciampo a casa, io e Alejandro stavamo parlando. Non sapevo cosa fare, non posso riportarli al negozio, quindi Alejandro ha avuto un’idea. (I stumble home, Alejandro and I were talking. I didn’t know what to do, I can’t take them back to the store, so Alejandro came up with an idea.)” Marco went on,

“Double uh oh!” Damon remarked,

“What happened to Jackie’s shoes that it’s my fault?” Kane asked,

“Go ahead tell him what you did” Kenneth encouraged him,

“Vado a casa, apro il guardaroba e guardo tutte le scarpe di Jackie e l’idea di Alejandro suona sempre meglio. (I go home, I open the wardrobe and look at all of Jackie’s shoes, and Alejandro’s idea sound better and better.)” Marco kept going,

“What did you do?” Johnny asked,

“I….bury!” Marco stated, a roar of laughter ripped through the workshop. “Jackie mi urla contro la prossima mattina, ero coperto di terra e svenuto sul divano. Andò a prepararsi per il lavoro e non riuscì a trovare le scarpe. Quando le spiego cosa è successo, non pensava che fossi d’aiuto mi ha detto di andare a cercarli. (Jackie yell at me the next morning, I was cover in dirt and pass out on the couch. She went to get ready for work and couldn’t replace her shoes. When I explain to her what happen she didn’t think I was helping told me to go replace them.)” Marco said,

“How many did you bury?” Damon asked laughing,

“50 paia, I fondare 10” Marco said,

“10 pairs that’s not bad” Johnny shrugged laughing,

“No, 10 scarpe, Non ho seppellito i due insieme (I didn’t bury the pair together)” Marco corrected him “È ancora arrabbiata e non permetto più la tequila (She still mad and I’m not allow tequila anymore)”

“It’s not my fault, I didn’t tell you to fucking bury them” Kane choked out, another round of laughter went through the workshop.

“I’m fucking starving, Carter what are we having for dinner? I won’t tell mama you said anything” Damon asked Carter again. Another round of laughter.

“It’s probably ready by now, so go ahead Carter let him know” Edward said grinning,

“Chicken, ribs, roast and steak with roasted potatoes and carrots and parmesan cauliflower and I don’t have to eat a salad. Brandon’s not here to make me.” Carter replied,

“Brandon makes you eat healthy huh?” Edward asked,

“Yeah, it’s not so bad sometimes, but I’m not a rabbit and sometimes I just want a fucking steak” Carter stated, causing another round of laughter through the workshop.

“Fuck yeah, let’s go eat” Damon was on his feet moving towards the door.

“Some things never change,” Edward said, shaking his head.

With dinner in full swing the stories and chatter never stopped, their laughter filled the air and everyone enjoyed themselves. Marcus ended up sitting in Kane’s lap for dinner eating off his plate, but when it came time for dessert he switched back to Dax.

“Kane and Damon, there is a kitchen full of dishes for you to do,” Martina said as she sat back with a smile on her face.

“Pay up Johnny!” Dax held out her hand a grin spreading onto her face,

“Fuck!” Johnny huffed reaching into his wallet,

“Language!” Martina glared at him,

“Sorry mama!” Johnny said, while everyone else at the table was laughing.

The conversation kept flowing as the daylight hours faded and night came upon them. At some point Marcus fell asleep on her shoulder and Nicco fell asleep curled up to her side, with his brother beside him. They didn’t leave her side the whole night.

“Bella, dovremmo andare a letto! (Bella, we should go to bed)” Marco said looking over at his children,

“You are probably right. Mama, Edward, thank you so much for inviting us, we had a wonderful time.” Jackie said,

“You’re very welcome darling, but it’s family dinner and your family every Sunday at 5:30” Martina said as she hugged both Jackie and Marco.

“We wouldn’t miss it for the world. You have to give me back my children now” she said turning to Dax,

“Are you sure?” Dax asked her,

“Yes I’m sure” Jackie said laughing,

“Give two” Marco said, causing Kane to laugh,

“Marco!” Jackie exclaimed,

“Bella, possiamo avere di più (Bella, we can have more)” Marco side stepped his wifes hit, causing the others to laugh.

“What am I going to do with you? Don’t say it” She added when he went to open his mouth.

“Mi vengono in mente alcune cose (A few things come to mind)” he said it anyway, Jackie shook her head at him as she took Marcus from Dax, listening to everyone laugh, while Marco picked up both Nicco and Luca, they thanked them again and left.

“Crazy really doesn’t scare him” Damon commented,

“We should get going as well” Kane said,

“Us too!” Damon agreed, Kenneth nodded his head. They all said their goodnights and started heading back to the pack house. The four guards and Lacey were following closely behind them.

“That had to be one of the best family dinners we’ve had” Johnny commented,

“That’s cause there was no fucking drama, it was nice for a change” Kane replied,

“Is that what it was? See I couldn’t put my finger on it, I knew it was something” Johnny said back.