Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

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Chapter 29 – Something in the Air–1

Tristin turns her eyes to me as soon as I am seated, the baby in her lap looking up at me curiously. “Hello, Fay,” she says, her face cold. But hey, at least she’s talking to me.

“Hi,” I say, giving her as bright a smile as I can manage. Romulus peaks around her to give me a happy wave, which I

return.

My father, on Romulus‘ other side, turns to me as well. “We wanted to apologize, Fay, as a family. For the events at our house yesterday.”

“Oh, please,” I say, waving a hand to dismiss it. “Don’t worry about it. I understand that it’s…awkward. That I’m sort of a new addition, and that I screwed up some of your plans. I’m…sorry about that, by the way.” I look into Tristin’s face as I say it.

“Not a new addition, Fay,” my father says, looking at me steadily. “A love one returned to us after a long parting.”

“Yes,” Tristin says, her voice low and rehearsed. “You are a member of this family.” Her eyes flick to Kent and Daniel then, and I wonder why.

The rest of the dinner proceeds a little blandly. The food is good, the chitchat a little dull. I get a lot of family history, then, with Alden showing me pictures of my grandparents and telling me about their journey to America from Italy.

I look at the old photos curiously tria

quickly at Kent and Daniel – with their dark skin, thick black hair, and roman noses, they look Italian.

“Thank you so much for showing me these,” I say to Alden,

handing the pictures back to him. “I’m learning so much about myself these days.”

more to learn,” he says, giving me a

begins playing the oldies that this crowd apparently favors – lots of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. It’s not a bad time, overall – even Daniel is laughing and

comes to say hello. I purse my lips, considering him as he looks critically over an old woman who introduced herself as my great aunt.

turns his attention

at him and shimmy my shoulders, encouraging him, without words, to try to loosen up and have a

to get another drink, Kent stands to

to the bar for a glass of wine.”

be back in a

be right here,” he says. I nod

bar chatting. They raise

tall guy with closely–cut black hair and broad shoulders says to me. “We’ve

the bartender who hands me a glass

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Gifts

Something in

he says, laughing. “I’m Michael, this is Chris,” he says, indicating the slightly smaller version of himself next to

my brows. “Wow, it’s really nice to

tell she’s had a couple of drinks. “We’re second cousins!

taking a sip from my

– we didn’t pay a lot of attention to that sort of thing. So to find out I have great–grandparents and second cousins all in one day…” I raise my

to go from nothing into a big Italian

though!” Amy says with a big smile. “Because you were our

suddenly, at the way she says that. Baby Fay – only

says sharply then, nudging her

move the conversation on. “Yeah, anyway, I remember you when you were

I say, putting out a hand to stop her. “Fiona? Is