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God, I loved them

After a while, Dad caathered hi up a subject He didn’t want to talk about his feelings on what he learned, and as much as I wanted to discuss it with him, I let it be

I’d like to say everything was hunky-dory with Darragh, Davina, and ivenbrother He was so like Dad in nature that I shouldn’t have been surprised by his reception

And I knew Davina understood things better now and would try But there were nine years ofout on each other’s lives, and as we sat around the table talking, aardness fell e s about our past that left the other clueless

“I can’t believe you’ve had Aunt Cecilia’s shop this whole tirumbled

When I’d hit the bottle back in Boston after Dillon’s death, Dad decided the only way to pull et me out of the city His little sister Cecilia inherited the shop on the boardwalk from her first husband He’d left her a ith a nice, hefty bank account Dad knew Cecilia was thinking about selling the store and he convinced her to let me rent it instead

She’d passed ao years ago while traveling across Europe, and that beautiful woifted me the shop in her will It was now all mine

“You said Aunt Cecilia sold it” My sister narrowed her eyes on Dad

“She rented it to Dahlia”

“And then she gave it to me in her will”

Davina’s eyes widened “Nice”

“She was kind Really kind” Thoughts of Aunt Ceciliame one every time she made it to a new city Since I never knehen she would move on, I sent my replies via email Still, Cecilia preferred the old-fashioned method I’d loved that about her

“I can’t wait to see it,” Darragh said “Krista and I would love to vacation there with the kids this summer Spend some time with you”

“Wait, you’re going back?” Davina’s brows pulled together

Just like that, all the old hurt flared between us Tentatively, I nodded “I live there”