Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

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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

Her eyes flick to Kent

I wonder why.

little blandly. The food is good, the chitchat a little dull. I get a lot of

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see pieces of my features in their faces. I’ve never really considered, before, that I’m actually Italian. I never thought much about my ethnicity, but with my red hair and pale skin, Italian had never popped into my

and roman noses,

for showing me these,” I say

to him. “I’m learning so

myself these days.”

learn,” he says, giving me a warm

which I return.

goes quite late, with everyone drinking and

playing the oldies that this crowd apparently favors- lots of Frank Sinatra

bad time, overall – even Daniel is laughing and chatting

be having a poor time- or, at

stern, always glancing

over everyone who comes to say hello. I purse my lips,

him as he looks critically over an old woman who introduced herself as my great aunt. Does he ever have a

time?

watching him and turns his attention to me,

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his eyebrow.

loosen up and have a good time. He