Chapter 161: The Separation
That night, Marcella and Tony had a great time. They also prepared for Joey’s birthday.
Marcella looked at Tony sleeping deeply. She couldn’t fall asleep the entire night. She didn’t know why she was bothered by it that much. Even Tony’s words didn’t comfort her. She just pretended to be fine.
They celebrated Joey’s birthday with their close friends. There weren’t even a hundred attendees. They mostly planned that way because they were sure that Paul Romano would try to sabotage the birthday.
Until that day, they weren’t informed of any movement from Paul Romano. But Henry already informed them that Maggie and Paul were planning on crashing the birthday party. Marcella let Tony handle everything. She didn’t want to know what was happening as she was busy making the arrangements for the party. She wanted to treat their close friends properly and thank them for the support they were giving them.
Just as they were about the cut the birthday cake, Paul Romano and Maggie Romano came to the house. Andrew Mellon was with them too. Tony placed his hand on her back assuring her. Marcella didn’t mind Paul’s presence.
The celebrations were over and Paul came to the baby. Marcella’s first instinct was to hide the baby but Tony got Joey from her and passed him to Paul. Marcella was confused. She wondered if Tony had forgiven his father and accepted him. Tony was smiling so widely when he talked to Paul although Marcella could see that something was missing.
Paul and Maggie played with the baby for some time. They talked to her as if the past interactions between them never happened and they were just a happy little family. Maggie couldn’t stop her praises for Mellissa and couldn’t stop touching Marcella so gently.
Marcella could only cringe as she was bewildered by this change.
Marcella asked Randy to keep Paul’s gift somewhere else as she didn’t think Paul came in peace. But he did nothing and left as he arrived—silently.
"What was that about?" Marcella asked.