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“She’s beautiful. And she spent the night.”

“She slept with Al, not me.”

“So you say.” She eyed him speculatively. “Wait till Mom hears about this. She’ll think Christmas came early.”

“Mom doesn’t have to know anything.”

“What? Are you kidding? Brian’s going over there to decorate cookies again this afternoon. You think he’s not going to tell his grandma that Uncle Nico had a friend over? A pretty female friend with a boot on her foot, just like the one that Elizabeth in Mrs. Rayak’s class had last year when she fell off the ski lift?”

“I could pay him. What’s the going rate for keeping his mouth shut?”

Marie shrugged. “He’s not motivated by money. Unfortunately. I offered him five dollars not to tell his father that I said three very bad words when that guy backed into me last week.”

“Yeah? What happened?”

“Oh, his insurance company will pay for it. There was a witness.”

“I meant with Brian.” Nico liked the kid. For a nine-year-old, he pretty much had it together. He managed to tiptoe through the minefield of having an older sister and a younger one quite well. His ability to stay calm and detached in the midst of female drama made him more like his father than the Vitelli side of his family.