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“No,” Dad answered in a tight voice “Because I’ selfish”

“This is ridiculous I never should have even said anything”

“No, you should have said so when it happened so I could have taken care of it then and there,” Mom countered “But it’s over now What’s done is done We’re ton tense”

I glanced at hi, I touched his jaw “I’o hoht”

He covered my hand and pressed ivehimself to use the bathroom

When I heard the door close behind hiainst the couch “What happened?”

“We had a long talk with Jesse and Layla,” Mom said “They knoe feel, and they shared their own feelings on the subject But on’t be having any s with them in the future”

“Meaning there was lots of yelling Which I’m sure Aunt Emmie had to break up And now the family is torn apart because I fucked up and told you what happened” I blinked back the sting of tears

Dad sat forward and s that I will overlook But forfrom—honestly, I do But no matter what, she shouldn’t have ht to move on That you shouldn’t be with soe part of your heart, when in her eyes, she always thought you and Luca would get back together”

“She didn’t say that—” I tried to argue, but he interrupted me

“Not to you, but it hat she told us But when you said yes to Re and wanted to try to talk you out of it” He reached out and caught , she said she was disappointed in us for not having taught you the power of forgiveness, because if we had, you would have already been back with Luca Yourskills, and things got a little out of hand So, yes, Es up”

I looked at Moether and refused toI was just surprised she’d gotten into what sounded like a physical fight with anyone, least of all Aunt Layla My entle I’d rarely even heard her raise her voice over the years, let alone come to bloith someone Aunt Dallas, sure Shaas just like her odht

I heard the guest bathroo down the hall “We’ll talk about this later,” I told theton more stress when he was already in pain “But for now, could you please not fight with anyone else?”

“Like I said, it’s over and done with,” Mom assured me “I don’t want to discuss it anymore Your happiness is all I want to talk about”

Re room, and I wondered if he’d had to take his pain ave me a quick kiss on the lips as he sat down beside ested