It didn't take long for Brody to locate Vinnie. When there was Italian cuisine involved, particularly tiramisu of all temptations so great, walls of steel couldn't keep her away. She swooped in without hesitation, stepping up behind the chair he had seated himself in, her hands grabbing his shoulders.

"Vincenzo, darling.. I shoulda known I'd find you at the end of this," she said, laughing a little and giving his shoulders a playful squeeze. "Trying to start 2011 off with a stomach-ache?"