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He shook his head “I don’t need you to tellere kids”

“When ere kids?” Bianca sent him a puzzled look

“What are you talking about?” Gia moved to Bianca’s side

He hadn’tup the past He’d just been so worked up and the words had co to take it back now that his sisters were laser focused on him?

And then he heard the echo of Sylvie’s voice urging him to open up about the past She’d told hi and trust that they’d h another revelation

But the thought of revealing the secret he’d been keeping ut knotted up What if they never spoke to hiain?

“Enzo, talk to us” Bianca’s voice drew him from his internal debate

“You better sit down for this,” he said in a resigned tone

His sisters exchanged worried glances as they took a seat And then he told theht when he’d overheard his parents’ argument about their mother’s affair It was a memory he hoped he’d never have to revisit after today

Silence greeted his confession And it stretched out into an uncomfortable void

Enzo shifted in his seat “I’-time”

Bianca’s fine brows drew together “You really thought they were talking about you?”

He nodded

“Is this why you’ve been acting so strange?” Gia asked “Why you look like you’ve been carrying around the weight of the world?”

He shrugged and then nodded “I’d put that memory out of my mind I’d convinced myself it was just a horrible dreah, it’s pretty easy to do” He paused and drew in a deep breath He had one more admission to make “And then when the journal was found, the memory came back I I should have said s