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He grinned fro to differ, wouldn’t you Evelyn?”

I wasn’t sure who he was speaking to until he took his phone out of his pocket before placing it on the coffee table

“I would,” a familiar voice said over the speaker and, just like that, Ethan, Wyatt, and I stood a little straighter “Last tied to me, unless you’ve written me off for dead”

“I—”

“Welcome back home Wyatt, I wish I could have been there to see you”

Wyatt came closer “Nana, I—”

“But then again you shouldn’t have ever left hoin with You have a lot to make up for I hope you don’t think you can just co handed to you?”

“I—”

“But most of all, I’m disappointed in you, Donatella,” she continued and I feltshe often did when I was younger “So randdaughter, never once thought to callof a woman now you can’t ask ? You can do it all by yourselves, right? Am I already dead to you?”

“Nana,” all three of us said at the same

“Ibefore any of you were even a twinkle in your father’s eyes, before your father was even the head of this family, there was me Me I buried my father, my husband, and my son! Don’t you ever , Ethan Or betraying this fa who you are, Wyatt Or so help me God, I’ll show you how small you all are when compared to me Am I understood?”

None of us said anything If we even thought to, our father rave just to smack the shit out of us all

“I take it back Evelyn, you are bona fide gangster,” the stranger on our couch snickered, tossing Ethan’s cashews into his mouth, happily

I cracked my jaw to the side and speak sweetly into the phone, “Nana, who is this strange person, why is he in our home, and can I kill him now?”

“You’re asking questions instead of apologizing?” she questioned back and I bit athering How could you? Have you lost your mind?”