Chapter 68

Two years later.

"Alexander! Gabriele! And JP!" Lisa shouts when she sees the mess in the kitchen.

"Please, come and tidy up this chaos!" She yells when they walk into the kitchen.

"Mommy, it was Alexander." Gabriele points his little finger at his brother.

"Nah, it was actually JP," Gabriele retorted.

"I don't care who it was because we all know the three of you did this together," Lisa says with her hands on her heaps.

"What's going on here?" Lisa hears her husband's voice.

"They made a mess with flour and eggs." Lisa sights. Alessandro looks at the mess the boys made.

"We sowwy daddy. We wanted to supise Mommy and Lilian with a cake." Alexander explains with his head down.

"That was a nice gesture, guy, but you must clean this mess and get ready," Alessandro says sternly.

The triplets quickly start to clean the kitchen. "I'm going to get Lilian ready for the party; please make sure these three are ready before everyone arrives," Lisa tells him, walking out of the kitchen.

An hour later, the doorbell rings, and Alessandro goes to open the door.

"Hey, Mancini." Johnny greets him, followed by Jake and Marna. Alessandro tells them to go to the back while he waits for the rest of the people.

"Where's the birthday girl?" Sophia asks when she walks outside.

"She's having a blast with her brothers, over there." Lisa points to where her children are playing.

"Where's Luna?" Lisa asks when she doesn't see her.

"With her father as always." Sophia shakes her head as she replies.

"She's a real daddy's girl." Sophia continues.

"Come and sit down; it looks like you're about to pass out," Lisa says when she notices how pale Sophia looks; this pregnancy is taking its toll on her. Six months ago, Sophia discovered she was pregnant with twins, a boy, and a girl.

"I can't wait for these guys to come out," Sophia says as she sits down.

"Yeah, I know how you feel." Just then, the others join them, and they start talking about what they missed out on these past few weeks; they didn't see each other.

"Well, the wedding plans are all up to date; just two more weeks than I'm going to be married to my best friend and the love of my life," Marna tells them with a big smile. Jake and Marna have been dating for almost two years, and five months ago, he proposed to her. She moved to Italy after everything that had happened two years ago. Her parents were sad, but they knew their daughter was happy.

"I can't believe he's finally settling down. "Sophia says.

"How about you and Kevin?" Lisa asks Ariana.

Ariana smiles, "Well, we got some good news for you guys." Ariana and Kevin look at each other lovingly.

"We are expecting." Kevin blurts out. Kevin and Ariana sorted everything between them a few weeks after everything happened. They got married last year in the Bahamas.

"Congrats, man! Welcome to the exclusive club called pregnancy!" Gabriele says, shaking his hand.

"Thank you, guys," Ariana says with a smile.

"I have something important to announce," Lisa says, wearing a mischievous smile as she catches Alessandro's eye, leaving him curious about what she was about to reveal.

"I have some exciting news - we are expecting once more!"

Alessandro smiles, "I'm going to be a father again?" Alessandro picks Lisa up and spins her around.

"I'm the luckiest guy in the world." Everyone congrats on them.

"Dammit, Mancini, give your wife a break after this one!" Johnny jokes. They laughed at Alessandro.

"Okay, let's get the birthday girl," Alessandro says. They all stand before Lilian's table, ready to blow out the candles.

Lisa looks at her family; the triplets are turning three, and Lilian is one year old. Lisa couldn't believe she was expecting again. She wouldn't trade her life for anything in this world. To think she married him to save her sister's life, and look where they are now. They have overcome many obstacles these past few years but somehow managed to stay together. Lilani is turning eight this year and is currently visiting her grandfather with Alice, Grandma, and Grandpa Mancini in South Africa. Grandpa and Alice also get along very well, and when he asked if Lilani could visit him for a month, Alice told them she would go with her to keep an eye on the little girl, and Alessandro's grandparents wanted to visit South Africa.

Antonio, Leonardo, and Maria are still a part of their family. Alessandro sent them on a month's vacation to their families. Lisa looks around and watches Johnny and the new nanny they hired for the triplets; it seems they will get along very well.

Johnny doesn't take Aurora's betrayal very well, but it seems that the new nanny is just what Johnny needs.

Alessandro puts his arms around Lisa, "What are you thinking about, honey?" Lisa turns around, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Just about how far we got and our family and friends." She smiles.

"Yeah, we got far in these past few years, and I love you more with every passing day," Alessandro says.

"I love you too." Alessandro captures her lips. Lisa knows no matter what happens they will always find a way back to each other.

The End