Love Me, Keep My Name — A New Engagement

Elena, it's a piece of jewelry. if you like sapphires we'll have another one made i pushed the earrings back you're me something new so i won't mention the promise you broke my father came out of his we're going to nassau county court tomorrow the paper's changing your name to moretti already

that appointment had been postponed six times in three years the attorney was traveling dad Dad had a meeting. Mom had a migraine. Sophia needed a specialist. Every excuse sounded reasonable on its own,

which was how a pattern stayed visible. Who's coming? Everyone. I looked from Mom to Luca, Matteo, and Nico.

I'll be there. I'll clear my morning. It's a couple of hours. I'm not leaving. This time, no one puts your day on the back burner.

I'll come too. I want to see you become a Morelli. That night, six nearly identical messages appeared in the family chat. Court tomorrow at nine. No one leaves early.

I stared at those promises longer than I wanted to admit. I typed one reply. Okay. My phone buzzed again.

A new engagement had just landed in our system.