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“When you push her like this—”

“I was her!” Mo Daddy ahen he ca me, too I wasa kid—”

“Exactly! Why would you—”

“Because if not for my father, I would be dead!” she screamed “Dona was born a Callahan and a Giovanni That’s two strikes against her She was born a feet anyborn our child and a feets the short end of the stick I know this The only gift I can give her is fearlessness So, no matter what, she knows she has the ability to protect herself”

Daddy put his hands on his face and took a deep breath, “I understand, baby, I do But you can’t irl in one day”

“I can’t teach her anything without so!”

“What does locking her in an art gallery teach her?”

“Ugh!” Mole him but just took a deep breath, too “I wanted to teach her to think beyond what she sees in front of her! I asked her howand she said seven I wanted her to realize there were eight! The person whopicture The creator of it! I wanted her to understand the most important person is the one who creates situations! I want her to know she can create the world she wants for herself and not just accept whatever it is she’s been given! And before you go on about, why I didn’t explain that to her, I would have but she began to whine, yell, pout, and sto and rewarded her with bloody ice-cream! If Ethan or Wyatt had acted like that, would you have done the same?!”

“I—”

“No, you fucking wouldn’t!”

“Can you just let oddamn it?!”

“No, because you say stupid shit that annoys me when you open your bloody Irish mouth! If all she becorabbed the door handle and her eyes snapped to mine I wanted to run away but I couldn’t o buy her a pony, Super Dad”

SLAM

“Donatella, come here”

I didn’t want to, but I opened the door and stepped into their room He sat on the bench in front of his bed so I had to walk around to get to him It eird because he didn’t look atat the carpet