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DANTENobody agreed and then I went ahead to serve Henry first, then Raphael then Enzo, lastly, I prepared another plate, this one smaller with less bacon and more fruit, exactly the way June liked it.My eyes drifted toward the staircase but Enzo’s voice pulled me back, I turned to see that he had already finished one slice of toast.“Boss, you eating?”“I will.”“When?”I picked up June’s plate. “Later.”He looked from me to the staircase then understanding settled across his face. “Oh.”He didn’t joke, tease or complain and without another word, I turned toward the stairs.The plate felt surprisingly heavy in my hands because I already knew convincing June to eat was going to be harder than making breakfast had been and I would rather negotiate with Enzo over bacon for the rest of my life than watch the woman I loved slowly forget to take care of herself.I climbed the stairs quietly, balancing the tray carefully, the hallway was silent and when I got to the bedroom door, I paused
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DANTEThat one was easy, I didn’t even have to think before responding. “It’s happening no matter what,” I answered immediately.He studied me carefully. “As if yesterday never happened?”I shook my head. “It happened and I’m not pretending otherwise but yesterday changes nothing between June and me.”Silence settled between us again then quietly Henry asked, “do you really think she’s pregnant?”I knew exactly who he meant so I exhaled slowly. “Knowing my father…” A humourless laugh escaped me. “…it’s entirely possible, even at her age.”Henry closed his eyes briefly and when he opened them again, they looked even more tired.The peaceful silence lasted less than thirty seconds before footsteps thundered down the hallway fast and heavy, then…“My stomach is eating itself!” Enzo burst into the kitchen holding his tummy dramatically. “Is there food?”I didn’t even bother looking at him, I let out a sigh then replied, “you have two hands, make your own.”He gasped as though I had insult
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DANTESleep should have come after everything that happened, but it remained just beyond reach. I lay on my back, staring into the darkness above me while June slept against my chest.At some point during the night she had cried herself empty, exhaustion finally dragging her under. Even now that she was asleep, her fingers remained curled around the front of my shirt as though letting go meant everything would disappear.I brushed my thumb over the back of her hand but she didn’t stir which was good because she needed one moment where her mind wasn’t drowning in questions but mine wasn’t nearly as fortunate.Everything surrounding her mother was still suspicious and there were a lot of things that didn’t add up but I couldn’t quite place my fingers on it. Raphael’s voice replayed over and over inside my head. “She was never hiding.”The words refused to leave me alone and my jaw tightened because if Layla—Janice—whatever name she answered to now—hadn’t spent fourteen years hiding or
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JUNE“Our family photos.” I answered, turning the photo album in my hand for him to look at.His eyes wandered over the pages and one picture caught his attention almost immediately and I couldn’t help smiling despite everything because it showed me at about six years old with mud covering nearly every inch of my body while Mum tried—and failed—to stop laughing.Dante chuckled softly then pointed at tiny me. “You look like you were impossible,” Dante let out. “You just have been a handful.”I gasped dramatically. “I was not.”My father barked out a laugh. “Oh…” He leaned back in his chair. “You have absolutely no idea.”Dante raised an eyebrow. “Really?”My father nodded without hesitation. “She once insisted she could climb the tallest tree in the neighborhood because she’d seen a squirrel do it.”Heat flooded my cheeks and I groaned, covering my face. “Dad…”“You told the firefighters they were embarrassing you.”Dante laughed louder this time. “I would’ve paid money to see that.”“
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JUNEI sat still, listening to my father speak. “They were right.” His voice remained calm. “The car was destroyed beyond recognition, but the truth is that…” His eyes met mine. “…they never found a body inside the car.”Everything inside me stopped. “What?”“They searched.” His voice cracked for the first time. “For a long time, I even searched with the police from the surrounding area to the river and even the woods but there wasn’t a body.”His fingers curled tighter together and I stared at him, unable to blink or breathe.“They told me maybe…” He laughed quietly. “…maybe the fire had destroyed more than they expected, but I didn't believe them, I couldn’t because there should have been something like a body or bone fragments, anything but there was nothing.”I slowly lowered my coffee onto the table before I dropped it.“I didn’t believe that she had died, I knew for sure that she was still alive but I just didn’t know how to prove it,” he continued, his eyes filling with a pain
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JUNESleep refused to come and I just lay on my side staring into the darkness, listening to Dante’s slow, even breathing beside me but every time I closed my eyes, I saw my mother standing in our dining room with her hand resting protectively over the swell of her stomach while looking straight at me and seeing a stranger.My chest tightened all over again and I quietly slipped out from beneath the blankets, careful not to wake Dante whose arm reached across the empty mattress instinctively before settling again, still asleep.I quietly walked out of the room, the hallway was silent but the house no longer carried the warmth it had only hours ago. Earlier it had been filled with laughter, Enzo stealing food, Maya threatening to hit him with a spoon, my father pretending to complain while secretly enjoying every second of the chaos, now, it felt haunted.I wandered downstairs without turning on the main lights and only the small table lamp beside the living room armchair glowed softly
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JUNEI pushed the front door open slowly and stepped inside the house that had once felt like the safest place in the world. Now it felt unfamiliar and cold, like I was walking through a stranger’s life.The silence pressed against my ears as I dropped my bag beside the couch and stood there starin
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JUNEFate had to be mocking me. There was no other explanation for this kind of cruelty.My father had warned me from the very beginning, and somehow that made everything hurt worse.I gripped the steering wheel so tightly my fingers ached while tears blurred the road ahead of me.I could still hea
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JUNEThe first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Rick.He was asleep on his stomach, one arm stretched across my side of the bed like even in sleep he expected to find me there. Morning light spilled through the curtains, soft gold sliding over his bare shoulders, over the silver strands beginn
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DANTE“Send me everything you can find out on what Angelo has been up to lately. I want to know what that fucker plans to do next before he does it.” I whispered to Enzo as he took a seat next to me.He nodded, pouring himself a drink and I lifted a brow.“Are you…”“Listening? Of course, I am boss
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