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      “Pavi, where is Marni?” Rotti Largo asked when he walked into his youngest son’s room.
     “I ‘unno.” Pavi shrugged, getting back to trying to concentrate on ‘Grendel’ for school. “She just-a left and told-a me to finish reading this.” The kid didn’t even look up from his book, Rotti was surprised, Pavi had never shown much of an interest in schoolwork and now it seemed to be almost all he did when he wasn’t reading to Carmella or talking with Mag or Marni. Maybe Marni was right, maybe Pavi was a smart kid who just needed to be given a chance.
      “Alright…” Rotti said, backing out of the room. Paviche may not have been as stupid as Rotti had thought, but he was just as weird, with his make-up and too many clothes and how he was always smiling. What sort of teenage boy always smiles? Rotti remembered his teenage years being filled with unnecessary angst, giving him no reason to smile.  “Paviche…” Rotti started, then when Pavi looked up, he just shook his head, it was better not to ask. “Never mind. Be a good boy and keep with your studies.”
      Pavi shrugged and returned to his book. About an hour later, his door opened again and in walked Luigi. Pavi tossed his book aside and sat up. “Need-a something, brother?” He asked hopefully, his eyes wide as he looked up at his big brother.
          “Where’d Marni go? Dad’s been asking about the bitch all day.” Luigi asked. “She’s your friend, did she tell you?”
         “N…n…no-a.” Pavi tried to hide the fact that he knew exactly where Marni was, she was out with Nathan again. With the date of Marni and Rotti’s wedding approaching, Pavi wondered when Marni would tell him she planned to call it off. “Anyway-a, why don’t-a you make yourself more comfortable?” Pavi asked with a grin.
         “Listen, slut, I know you know where Marni is, now tell me before I beat the living hell out of your faggot ass!” Luigi said, grabbing Pavi by the front of his shirt and pulling him to his feet.
       “Why-a do you care-a? She left-a you!” Pavi asked, shocked that Luigi cared so much about the whereabouts of a woman who didn’t care about him at all.
       “Tell me now!” Luigi demanded, slapping Pavi across the face. But the smile never left Pavi’s lips, not even as he was being slapped and punched by his older brother. “You’re a fucking freak, what’s with that stupid smile?!” Luigi sneered in disgust, tossing Pavi aside.
        “A smile makes-a everyone prettier and-a far be it from me to deprive-a the world of-a my greatest face.” Pavi grinned. He truly was the most attractive member of the Largo family. He would never in his wildest dreams have imagined he’d one day ruin his face and replace it with a woman’s.
       “Uh-huh, well put that smiling mouth to better use and blow me.” Luigi demanded. Pavi was all too happy to comply, getting on his knees in front of Luigi. “That’s right, all the way…good boy…” Luigi smirked, gripping Pavi by the hair and pushing his head down further, grabbing the hair tightly and twisting it so it hurt. Pavi gasped softly when his hair was pulled, but shook off the pain and got back to the job at hand. After a while, Luigi finished up in his little brother’s mouth and pulled back. “Now tell me where Marni is.”
     Pavi swallowed and wiped his mouth off. “We’re back-a to that again-a?” he laughed, still smiling. “She’s-a in love, where-a do YOU think-a she is?”
     “It’s that Nathan Wallace guy, isn’t it?” Luigi frowned. “Fucking loser. If she’d rather have him then me, then he can have her. I could have given her anything she wanted and how does the bitch repay me? She fucking leaves me.”
      “What part-a of ‘you molested me and-a the signoras don’t-a like child molesters’ don’t-a you understand, Luigi?” Pavi asked, that plastered on smile never leaving his face.
          “Pavi! Shut the fuck up!” Luigi shouted, slapping Pavi again.

    Meanwhile, Nathan and Marni were enjoying a romantic day at Nathan’s house, eating together by candlelight in bed. Marni lay back as she thought of how happy Nathan made her, much happier than Rotti made her. Nathan never hit her or yelled at her or insulted her intelligence. He was the perfect man in her opinion. So what if Rotti had more money? Nathan was smarter, more fun and kinder than Rotti ever was or would ever be. Also, not that Marni didn’t love Paviche and Mellie, but she did want to have kids of her own and she felt it wouldn’t be fair to Pavi and Mellie to have to share their mother’s love with someone their mother was obligated to love more.
       Nathan, on the other hand, was far from relaxed as he felt horrible for betraying his best friend by dating his fiancée. “Marni…I….I love you, but I feel like I’m betraying Rotti by doing this with you…”
      Marni giggled warmly. “Don’t feel bad, Nathan, he lost me whether or not I met you the moment he raised a hand to me.”
     Knowing that Rotti had hurt Marni now, Nathan didn’t feel so bad about sleeping with her. He turned towards her and ran a hand gently over the side of her face, kissing her. “So, Marni…Now that you don’t want to marry Rotti….I mean, I know we haven’t known each other that long, but I thought maybe you would want to marry me? I…I don’t have a ring or anything because I felt so guilty about asking you to marry me…” Nathan stammered out his proposal.
    “Oh Nathan! When can we be married!?” Marni squealed happily.
    “I…I suppose as soon as possible.” Nathan smiled brightly. He’d never been happier in his life; he had the love of a beautiful woman and would very soon be sharing his life with her. Marni couldn’t have been happier either. She just hoped Rotti would still allow Pavi and Mellie to be involved in the wedding.
      Later that night, Marni returned home to find Rotti, Luigi, Pavi and Carmella all up late waiting for her. Pavi gave her a look that said ‘I didn’t tell them, I swear to god.’ Mellie peeked curiously at Marni from under thick eyelashes, not knowing what was going on.
      “Marni…We need to talk. Luigi told me you’ve been out with Nathan Wallace. I don’t want to believe you would cheat on me, Marni, but I’m starting to worry.” Rotti said slowly, dangerously. Pavi, Marni and Luigi all knew what was coming. They all knew Rotti wasn’t above disciplining Marni in front of people.
     “Papa…Please-a don’t do this.” Pavi asked, walking towards Rotti and putting a hand of his arm. “It’s-a not what-a you think! Right, Marni?”
     “Paviche! Don’t make me punish you too!” Rotti growled, tossing Pavi away from him.
     “Rotti. It’s exactly what you think. I love Nathan Wallace and it’s him I’ll be marrying in a week. Not you. I’m leaving.” Marni said softly. “I’ll send for my things. Mellie, Pavi, I still want you two to be involved in my wedding, that is, if it’s okay with your father.” Marni added, business like.
       “They will be.” Rotti added coldly, thin-lipped as though fighting back angry tears.

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      “Pavi, where is Marni?” Rotti Largo asked when he walked into his youngest son’s room.
     “I ‘unno.” Pavi shrugged, getting back to trying to concentrate on ‘Grendel’ for school. “She just-a left and told-a me to finish reading this.” The kid didn’t even look up from his book, Rotti was surprised, Pavi had never shown much of an interest in schoolwork and now it seemed to be almost all he did when he wasn’t reading to Carmella or talking with Mag or Marni. Maybe Marni was right, maybe Pavi was a smart kid who just needed to be given a chance.
      “Alright…” Rotti said, backing out of the room. Paviche may not have been as stupid as Rotti had thought, but he was just as weird, with his make-up and too many clothes and how he was always smiling. What sort of teenage boy always smiles? Rotti remembered his teenage years being filled with unnecessary angst, giving him no reason to smile.  “Paviche…” Rotti started, then when Pavi looked up, he just shook his head, it was better not to ask. “Never mind. Be a good boy and keep with your studies.”
      Pavi shrugged and returned to his book. About an hour later, his door opened again and in walked Luigi. Pavi tossed his book aside and sat up. “Need-a something, brother?” He asked hopefully, his eyes wide as he looked up at his big brother.
          “Where’d Marni go? Dad’s been asking about the bitch all day.” Luigi asked. “She’s your friend, did she tell you?”
         “N…n…no-a.” Pavi tried to hide the fact that he knew exactly where Marni was, she was out with Nathan again. With the date of Marni and Rotti’s wedding approaching, Pavi wondered when Marni would tell him she planned to call it off. “Anyway-a, why don’t-a you make yourself more comfortable?” Pavi asked with a grin.
         “Listen, slut, I know you know where Marni is, now tell me before I beat the living hell out of your faggot ass!” Luigi said, grabbing Pavi by the front of his shirt and pulling him to his feet.
       “Why-a do you care-a? She left-a you!” Pavi asked, shocked that Luigi cared so much about the whereabouts of a woman who didn’t care about him at all.
       “Tell me now!” Luigi demanded, slapping Pavi across the face. But the smile never left Pavi’s lips, not even as he was being slapped and punched by his older brother. “You’re a fucking freak, what’s with that stupid smile?!” Luigi sneered in disgust, tossing Pavi aside.
        “A smile makes-a everyone prettier and-a far be it from me to deprive-a the world of-a my greatest face.” Pavi grinned. He truly was the most attractive member of the Largo family. He would never in his wildest dreams have imagined he’d one day ruin his face and replace it with a woman’s.
       “Uh-huh, well put that smiling mouth to better use and blow me.” Luigi demanded. Pavi was all too happy to comply, getting on his knees in front of Luigi. “That’s right, all the way…good boy…” Luigi smirked, gripping Pavi by the hair and pushing his head down further, grabbing the hair tightly and twisting it so it hurt. Pavi gasped softly when his hair was pulled, but shook off the pain and got back to the job at hand. After a while, Luigi finished up in his little brother’s mouth and pulled back. “Now tell me where Marni is.”
     Pavi swallowed and wiped his mouth off. “We’re back-a to that again-a?” he laughed, still smiling. “She’s-a in love, where-a do YOU think-a she is?”
     “It’s that Nathan Wallace guy, isn’t it?” Luigi frowned. “Fucking loser. If she’d rather have him then me, then he can have her. I could have given her anything she wanted and how does the bitch repay me? She fucking leaves me.”
      “What part-a of ‘you molested me and-a the signoras don’t-a like child molesters’ don’t-a you understand, Luigi?” Pavi asked, that plastered on smile never leaving his face.
          “Pavi! Shut the fuck up!” Luigi shouted, slapping Pavi again.

    Meanwhile, Nathan and Marni were enjoying a romantic day at Nathan’s house, eating together by candlelight in bed. Marni lay back as she thought of how happy Nathan made her, much happier than Rotti made her. Nathan never hit her or yelled at her or insulted her intelligence. He was the perfect man in her opinion. So what if Rotti had more money? Nathan was smarter, more fun and kinder than Rotti ever was or would ever be. Also, not that Marni didn’t love Paviche and Mellie, but she did want to have kids of her own and she felt it wouldn’t be fair to Pavi and Mellie to have to share their mother’s love with someone their mother was obligated to love more.
       Nathan, on the other hand, was far from relaxed as he felt horrible for betraying his best friend by dating his fiancée. “Marni…I….I love you, but I feel like I’m betraying Rotti by doing this with you…”
      Marni giggled warmly. “Don’t feel bad, Nathan, he lost me whether or not I met you the moment he raised a hand to me.”
     Knowing that Rotti had hurt Marni now, Nathan didn’t feel so bad about sleeping with her. He turned towards her and ran a hand gently over the side of her face, kissing her. “So, Marni…Now that you don’t want to marry Rotti….I mean, I know we haven’t known each other that long, but I thought maybe you would want to marry me? I…I don’t have a ring or anything because I felt so guilty about asking you to marry me…” Nathan stammered out his proposal.
    “Oh Nathan! When can we be married!?” Marni squealed happily.
    “I…I suppose as soon as possible.” Nathan smiled brightly. He’d never been happier in his life; he had the love of a beautiful woman and would very soon be sharing his life with her. Marni couldn’t have been happier either. She just hoped Rotti would still allow Pavi and Mellie to be involved in the wedding.
      Later that night, Marni returned home to find Rotti, Luigi, Pavi and Carmella all up late waiting for her. Pavi gave her a look that said ‘I didn’t tell them, I swear to god.’ Mellie peeked curiously at Marni from under thick eyelashes, not knowing what was going on.
      “Marni…We need to talk. Luigi told me you’ve been out with Nathan Wallace. I don’t want to believe you would cheat on me, Marni, but I’m starting to worry.” Rotti said slowly, dangerously. Pavi, Marni and Luigi all knew what was coming. They all knew Rotti wasn’t above disciplining Marni in front of people.
     “Papa…Please-a don’t do this.” Pavi asked, walking towards Rotti and putting a hand of his arm. “It’s-a not what-a you think! Right, Marni?”
     “Paviche! Don’t make me punish you too!” Rotti growled, tossing Pavi away from him.
     “Rotti. It’s exactly what you think. I love Nathan Wallace and it’s him I’ll be marrying in a week. Not you. I’m leaving.” Marni said softly. “I’ll send for my things. Mellie, Pavi, I still want you two to be involved in my wedding, that is, if it’s okay with your father.” Marni added, business like.
       “They will be.” Rotti added coldly, thin-lipped as though fighting back angry tears.