“Hello, Linda.” Nicolo hasn't said it either, but he has a soft spot for her, too. He's the reason why she was able to buy back her father's old Celica for a steal. She thinks she's gotten lucky, but Rollo told me it was more than that.
Alan is right behind her, no longer perennially late now that he sees my husband as his role model. Nicolo's soft spot for him is another secret, and Rollo doesn't even need to tell me anything to know this. When news of my marriage to Nicolo became public, Alan immediately became $600 in the red because he bet on the wrong man. But he managed to pay off his bets and never gambled again after that. Alan, who everyone knows is still struggling to pay his student loans. It's a no-brainer how that happened—
“Good morning, Junebug,” Elliot says cheerfully as he enters the courtroom.
“Please stop referring to my wife as an insect,” Nicolo says mildly.
—just like it's also a no-brainer that Elliot and Nicolo are working on their way to become friends and have soft spots for each other. They just don't know it yet, but I do. Because this...this is the shape life takes now. Not just Mondays. But for as long as we live—
This is it.
And I love every moment of it.
The End