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JUNEThe first thing I heard that morning wasn’t birds, it wasn’t my alarm and it wasn’t even the gentle hum of the air conditioner. It was the sound of chewing after someone had knocked on my door. I frowned wondering if it was my father at the door or someone else. I blinked sleep from my eyes and pushed myself upright just as another exaggerated crunch echoed from somewhere outside my bedroom.Curiosity won and I slipped off the bed, straightened my oversized sleep shirt, then quietly opened the door.Enzo was standing directly outside and he already had something stuffed into his mouth. Isn’t it too early for him to be this annoying?He looked up the moment he saw me. “Morning.”The greeting came out around another mouthful and I couldn’t even tell what he was eating this early but he wasn’t looking at me anymore, his head tilted toward my room as though he were searching for someone.Before I could ask what he was doing, my father’s voice carried down the hallway.“Have you foun
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JUNESleep came in slow waves but it never fully claimed me, every time my eyes closed, another memory drifted through my mind… the interrogation room, Angel’s name, Rick’s face, my father’s tired smile.My body rested but my mind refused to. I lay curled beneath the blanket, listening to the unfamiliar sounds filling the house.A burst of laughter downstairs and I just knew that it was Enzo, there wasn’t a single doubt in my mind. A second later, my father’s voice carried through the hallway, low and stern enough that I couldn’t make out the words, only the unmistakable sound of him scolding someone.Another laugh, Raphael this time then Enzo again.I smiled into my pillow, the house had been so quiet for so many years because ever since my mother died, it had only been my father and I.Silence had become another member of the family and the television had often been the loudest thing in the house, now there were footsteps, voices, laughter and arguments over absolutely nothing.Some
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DANTE“If they’ve spent this much effort building a family business…” I looked down at the photographs once more. “…then let’s bring the whole family together.”Tomorrow’s board meeting suddenly looked very different.“They’ll all attend.” My voice remained calm. “And they’ll answer questions.”Raphael nodded. “I’ll arrange everything, but what about the victims?” His question lingered in the room. “How much am I supposed to wire to them?”I looked toward the window. The people harmed by everything that had happened deserved more than money and no amount could erase what they had gone through.“The court will decide,” I replied. “It’s inevitable.”It wasn’t an answer anyone particularly liked but it was the right one. Compensation would come and responsibility would come one way or another.The conversation slowly drifted away from business after that and for the first time in days, everything felt almost normal.Enzo somehow managed to discover snacks none of us knew existed and Raph
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DANTEThe room fell into a silence so complete that even the faint clatter of Enzo’s fork against his plate seemed too loud and every pair of eyes settled on me.I looked from June to her father before drawing in a slow breath.“Diane is on the run,” I finally let out, the words tasting bitter. “The police know she killed her own daughter.”June lowered her eyes because even now, talking about Angel seemed to pull something painful through the room. The grief hadn’t had time to settle before another fear had replaced it.“They’re looking for her,” I continued quietly. “But until she’s found…” I looked directly at June. “…I’m assuming she’ll come after you.”The words hung heavily between us but June didn’t react outwardly and she didn’t need to because I had spent enough time watching her to notice the smallest changes now.The way her fingers tightened around the edge of her chair, the tiny pause in her breathing and the way her shoulders stiffened before relaxing again, she was tryi
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JUNEI shook my head. “No,” I replied but my voice came out barely above a whisper. “I’m just…” My voice disappeared. “So exhausted.”He nodded once and the understanding in his eyes made something inside me ache.“I’ll take you home.”As he reached for the door, I caught his sleeve. “My dad…” He looked back immediately. “How is he?”“He’s been doing fine.” I searched his face for any sign that he was lying. “The old man’s stronger than you think.”A shaky breath escaped me. “As long as he’s okay…” My throat tightened. “…I’ll be okay too.”He didn’t answer, instead, he simply looked at me and his hand rose slowly until both palms cradled my face, his thumbs brushing lightly beneath my eyes.There was so much in his gaze that I couldn’t name from relief to fear to affection to gratitude.He leaned closer, instinctively, I stopped him. “My breath probably smells terrible.”For the first time all day, the corner of his mouth lifted. “June, baby. I'm only going to say this once. I don’t g
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JUNEThe click of the handcuffs unlocking echoed through the interrogation room louder than it should have and for a second, I simply stared at my wrists. Finally, thank God. The metal fell away, leaving behind angry red marks that circled my skin like bruised bracelets, I rubbed them instinctively, my fingers trembling as feeling slowly returned.Across from me, the commissioner remained standing, his expression wasn’t warm, but it wasn’t accusing anymore either. “You can go.”Just like that with no apology or explanation, just… go. For days, it had felt like these walls would become my entire world. The cold gray room, the buzzing fluorescent lights overhead, the smell of stale coffee and disinfectant that had seeped into everything, even into me but I was free yet my legs didn’t move immediately because freedom felt strangely unfamiliar.One of the officers stepped forward and placed a clear plastic bag on the table, inside were my belongings.“My things?”He nodded and I reached
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JUNEI pushed the front door open slowly and stepped inside the house that had once felt like the safest place in the world. Now it felt unfamiliar and cold, like I was walking through a stranger’s life.The silence pressed against my ears as I dropped my bag beside the couch and stood there starin
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JUNEFate had to be mocking me. There was no other explanation for this kind of cruelty.My father had warned me from the very beginning, and somehow that made everything hurt worse.I gripped the steering wheel so tightly my fingers ached while tears blurred the road ahead of me.I could still hea
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JUNEThe first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Rick.He was asleep on his stomach, one arm stretched across my side of the bed like even in sleep he expected to find me there. Morning light spilled through the curtains, soft gold sliding over his bare shoulders, over the silver strands beginn
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DANTE“Send me everything you can find out on what Angelo has been up to lately. I want to know what that fucker plans to do next before he does it.” I whispered to Enzo as he took a seat next to me.He nodded, pouring himself a drink and I lifted a brow.“Are you…”“Listening? Of course, I am boss
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