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

of this family.” Her eyes flick to Kent and

I wonder why.

blandly. The food is good, the chitchat a little dull. I get a lot of family history, then, with Alden showing

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their journey to America from

2/3

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 mind. I glance quickly at Kent and Daniel – with their

noses, they look Italian.

showing me these,”

back to him. “I’m learning so much

myself these days.”

you have so much more to learn,” he

which I return.

late, with everyone drinking and

playing the oldies that this crowd apparently favors-

a bad time, overall – even Daniel is laughing

to be having a poor time- or, at least,

always glancing around

everyone who comes to say hello.

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

time?

me watching him and turns his

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his eyebrow.

words, to try to loosen up and