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His Italian side came out as he dropped his fork and started to talkwith each word “Are you kiddingher into the water and held her under It was only when she lost consciousness that he took her out It was your body chain she wore that alerted us she was in distress and your ca to kill her!”
“Dona hit him”
“So, what?” he snapped “He can’t handle being hit—”
“Donatella is abusive!” I snapped at hi me to respond and I went on because I wasn’t in the mood to hear him yell at me “She is physically and verbally abusive…to everyone! It’s not her fault In fact, everyone in this faree But Dona… She’s harsh and she became that way in order to protect herself fro to worm their way into this family If she wasn’t harsh, people would walk all over her It’s how she protects herself Hoe all protect ourselves A man who is cold-hearted is seen as sexy and ine ould have happened if Dona had war to Tobias? He’d have becoentle But she’s a Callahan; anything soft, kind or gentle in her was buried long ago!”
“What does any of that have to do with the man that almost killed her!” he yelled at me
Urgh, he was so dumb!
“He’s the first person that fought back!” I hollered back at him “For once, someone asn’t family stood up to her He’s the first one who said I can take the abuse and I will dish it back And why? Because he’s not afraid of her or you or Ethan He acted without giving a da to kill her He was showing her that she couldn’t bully hi herself hurt Tobias betrayed the family because he wanted to be on the same level as Dona He wanted her respect… and years later, he still couldn’t get it Gabriel earned it in a day There is so different about him He’s not like the others He can actually stand toe to toe with her Ethan sees it, I see it, and so does Dona Dona, for the first time ever, is excited, Wyatt She doesn’t know she’s excited yet but if you saw her tonight, you’d know she was Finally, soht dish out Everyone needs a rival or balance A positive to her negative I’m excited for her… I’m excited to see what’s under those ten layers of rock and ice around her heart; why aren’t you?”
He hung his head, giving up He kept eating, coainst the kitchen island He didn’t say anything, and neither did I as I reached for the orange juice on the counter, quietly waiting for him to process what I had said
“We know nothing about hi come up on Ethan?
?s background check?”
I shrugged “I’randmother had my father or someone else to wipe his records…”
“I know you You could put it together, if you wanted” His eyes looked like he was begging…and I almost caved
“I could” I nodded slowly “But I don’t want to”
“Helen…”
“Wyatt… In nor about the other person before you start dating them”