The Family Novels & Stories

She doesn't deserve you at all! "Enough!" Dad interrupted loudly, looking at his crude daughter in disbelief. "Adriana, how can you talk about your sister like that? She was disfigured because of you! And Jonathan is your sister's husband. How can you harbor such thoughts? If people heard this, the Lane family's reputation would be ruined!" Mom opened her mouth, seemingly somewhat disapproving. "I think it's fine, actually. Love is about mutual feelings, isn't it?" Hearing that, I could not help but laugh.

Matheo assures her. "She'll feel weird going to a therapist," Callina says not wanting to put the girl in the spotlight. "She won't go alone, we could all need the help," Jace says, he knows he needs some help, Mollis could use help finding her big girl side. "Yeah, we're a family now Cally, if it takes a therapist to help us find our rhythm, then be it," Matheo agrees to, he'll do anything for his family happiness. "We'll be a professional family then?" Callina says with a laugh, making the rest laugh too, that's exactly what they needed, they can work anything through, they got each other now.

"Lorraine has indeed matured! She has become such a responsible young lady, helping to shoulder the family's burden!" "I feel so bad for Lorraine. I mean, she's just about to head off to university, and then a tragedy like this had to strike the family." "I know, right? I have no idea how she's going to manage from here on out." They seemed to have completely forgotten how Grandma Madeline had just been screaming at me. Instead, they all stood around sighing with pity. "You can have them cremated tomorrow morning. You should let your parents and Jesse remain home for one more day," Grandma Madeline ordered decisively, her gaze p

The storm was over. The family they’d fought for was here. Whole. Loved. And growing. One perfect, ordinary miracle at a time.

When my SAT results come in, I'm stunned to see a score of just 550, even though I've always been one of the top students in my class. For the first time, my parents pull me into a hug and gently reassure me. "It's okay. We'll pay for you to retake the SAT next time." Tears well up in my eyes as I promise them, "I'll get into a good college next time. I won't let you down." They prepare a lavish dinner, then send me off to bed with smiles. Late that night, I hear laughter coming from my parents' room. A beat later, I hear the voice of my little sister, Olivia Clark, drifting through the crack in the door. "Mom, Dad, you're amazing! I'll be headed to a top college soon!"

"Don't blame Connie, Mom. It's my fault. I have caused you so much trouble. I shouldn't have taken the coat from her…" Before she finished, Dad grabbed me and slammed me to the ground. He roared, "A cold-blooded thing like you doesn't deserve to live in this loving family!" I cried and begged him to stop. But the more I cried, the more he was convinced that I felt no remorse. His claws landed harder and harder. Mom and Nathan stood at a distance, their faces indifferent. It was as if I weren't part of the family, just a filthy rogue they didn't recognize.

Scott muttered sadly. "Why? Do you have another family?" Liam muttered, his eyes misty. "No. Not at all, Liam." "Then let's live together, Daddy. I want to wake up every morning and see both of you having breakfast with me. I don't want to wait two days before you visit me. I'm tired of always asking Mummy when you'll come to see me," Liam sniffled and continued. "Our teacher always tells us that a family is made up of a father, a mother, and their kids, and that they all live together. We aren't a real family because we don't live together. I love you both so much. Can't we live together and be happy?" Liam asked, looking at both Scott and me.

"What do you mean, tesoro?" "Mamma seems sometimes sad and I seen you sleeping sometimes in the wrong room….And the other daddy keeps visiting." She looked up at him with those grey-blue eyes—Mikal's eyes. "Are we still a family?" Massimo pulled her into his lap. "Yes. Always. No matter what happens, we're a family." "Even with the other daddy?" "Even then. Family isn't just people who live together, Isabella. It's people who love each other. Who are there for each other. Who choose each other every day."

"There are there major branches in the family and we all have a lot of members. You just have met some of them in grandfather's birthday that day." Hailey eventually sighed unable to understand what he was going on about and where he was driving at. She cut in. "Okay. What are you trying to get at exactly?" He pursed his lips but didn't seem annoyed by her interrupting him. He went on. "We have the major, minor, and subsidiary family members. Someone like Nolan and his family are part of the major family branch. They control the whole family at large and they mostly lead the companies."

During a family trip to a private island, we agreed to leave at four thirty to watch the sunrise. I waited alone for half an hour before discovering that my parents, my brother, and my fiancé, Leon, had already left with my adopted sister, Selena. At the cliffs, they posed for a family photograph. Mom adjusted Selena’s wrap. Dad pinned my family insignia to her coat. Leon stood behind her with his hands on her waist. No one noticed me. Leon posted the picture: [The people I’ll protect for the rest of my life.] His fiancée wasn’t in it. For years, I waited for my family to choose me and for Leon to remember the woman he planned to marry. That morning, I stopped waiting. I took the first ferry