The street outside was quiet, sunlight bouncing off parked cars and closed storefronts. It took about an hour before a car finally pulled up to the curb.
Tony straightened immediately. "That must be it."
His girlfriend tucked her phone away. "Finally."
Marco stepped out of the car and walked into the pizza parlour carrying a huge dehydrator in his hand.
"Hey, Marco!" Tony said, brightening immediately. "How is Matteo doing?"
Marco adjusted his grip on the huge dehydrator in his hand and stepped farther into the pizza parlour. "He's good, Tony."
Tony grinned. "That's good. That's really good. Babies are blessings."
Tony's girlfriend, seated in one of the chairs near the wall, smiled faintly at that without looking up from her phone.
Marco set the dehydrator down carefully on the counter. "Would you get some of the other machines from the trunk of my car, please, while I set this up?"
