Tony looked at me questioningly, "So, what are you going to do about it? What if she decides to go out with him again?
"I don't know what I'm going to say to her, or what I'm going to do. Has she said anything to you?" I asked.
"I'm not going to betray her confidence, Nico. If you want to know what she thinks about him, you need to ask her."
"Fair enough, I can respect that, I guess." I said begrudgingly. "I've gotta be honest, as hurt as I am that she's been dating, I think I'm more fucking hurt that she didn't tell me."
"Sorry, man. I think she just needed to talk about it, and I was there," he said.
"I get it, and I'm glad she had you to talk to. I just wish it had been me she talked to."
"And if she had?What would you have said? he asked.
I knew exactly what I would have said. "I would have told her she couldn't go out with him because she's mine. I would have told her that the idea of her dating another man makes me crazy. I would have told her that I love her, and I want to be the only man in her life. I would have told her that I want to be the only man in Gracie's life. And then, I would have kissed the shit out of her. And it would have rated better than 'fair to middling' on my Nonna's damned kiss-rating scale!"
He nodded, with a huge smile on his face. "Well, OK then, I guess you know what to do when you see Allie after all."
When I just looked at him, he laughed. "You're welcome, asshole," he said with a smirk. "Glad I could help you pull your head out of your ass and figure that out."
