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Ethan and now this Calliope `

Dona and her fancy prince

Helen and I

How did so e so fast, and why? It was soht about it It was like all the stars were trying to align

Or maybe it was our parents?

OrWho knows

“Aunt Cora, do you believe the rapture is coly

She huffed “With our track record, let’s hope not Why?”

I shrugged “It’s just been a crazy few months”

“You’ve been gone a while For our faain,” she replied

I shook my head “I knohat it’s like for this family But it all seems different this tio to Boston and destroy our enemies there At the same time, Dona plots to take care of the Italian enemies back here The moment Ethan comes back, Dona finds a prince and runs off with hie just like Dona was…Helen and I…and just like that, Ethan cohter and a neife? A ready-made family? It’s like one of those videos of the elaborate domino sets You knock it over, and it looks like chaos Then when it’s done, it’s a perfect i”

I stared at the light for what felt like forever, watching it shift froreen, and as it did, I couldn’t help but wonder He wouldn’t…Maybe it i

s our parents? Maybe they planned it all…but Mom cried…When I was in the hospital, she had wept over h too much; it was too risky

“Wyatt, what are you trying to say?”

I snapped out of it,this feels odd”