“Nervous?” Mia asked, turning her big, dark eyes up to him. “A little,” he admitted. “Do any of your brothers own a firearm?” he asked, only half joking. Mia laughed and wrapped her arms around his waist. “No,” she replied, squeezing him tight. “Besides, it’s not my brothers you need to worry about, it’s Ma and you already won her over.” The very brief interaction he’d had with Mia’s mum had seemed to go well, although she’d had time to think things over and maybe she had changed her mind. “Come on,” Mia said, taking his hand and dragging him up the path to the front door. She didn’t knock, just opened the door and pulled him through into the small foyer. He could hear the sound of a sports program on the television in another room and smell something mouth-watering coming from the kitchen. “We’re here,” Mia called, dragging him toward the living room. Frankie and three other men stood arrayed in the arched doorway of the living room. Their legs
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