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“Girls, what did I tell you in the car? Just because we are in America doesn’t mean you stop speaking our language. Don’t forget Papa’s rule, in this house, we speak Greek.”
Christina smirked. “What did you say, Mama? It all sounds like Greek to me.”
Knowing a head slap was in my sister’s future, I jumped in.“Mama, a lot has changed. That rule doesn’t apply anymore.”
I heard some giggles as my mother muttered something about taking the house back from the interloper’s ways.
I just shook my head, not bothering to say anything further, to her annoyance.
“Man, I missed how you always knew how to handle her without trying.” Christina searched my face with eyes as blue as mine. “Are you okay?”
“I am now that you all are here. I have my family under one roof. That’s what I needed.”
Ariana approached my opposite side, cocking an elbow on my shoulder. “I’ll remind you of those words when you complain about all the noise.”
“Honestly, I welcome the chaos. It’s been a long time since this house had life.”
Christina and Ariana passed each other smirks, and then Ariana said, “She says that now, but in a few days, she’ll wish to gag one of us.”
I couldn’t help but smile. I needed this. My sisters surrounded me, and Mama was being Mama.
“So, Tina, tell me about this boyfriend of yours. Mama said he’s a looker.”
Her shoulders sagged. “We broke up. I want college and a career, and he wants marriage and babies. It was never going to go anywhere.”
She left off the part where he lived in Greece, and she’d returned to the US.
I led them toward the stairs to the renovated part of the house. “What, isn’t he eighteen? That’s a bit young to think about the next phase in life.”
“He’s the firstborn and the heir. You know, expectations and all that.”
I nodded.
“In their family, they arrange things early. Plus, I knew it wouldn’t last. His mother wanted someone without a ‘modern American upbringing’ to join her family.” She air-quoted the last part.
“Whatever,” I muttered, wanting to punch that asshole and his mother for hurting my sister. “What does his family know about modern anything? They lost a catch, if I have anything to say about it.”
“I love it when you get all big-sister fierce.”
“I’m so over these old-fashioned patriarchal views.” I’d dealt with enough of the bullshit from Andraius. “Plus, you need to live life and explore the world, not decide to shackle yourself to some guy you were seeing in high school.”
“You are one to talk.” Ariana elbowed me. “Didn’t you have your life planned out?”
I frowned at her. “What are you talking about?”
“Weren’t you shagging two enforcers from the time you were in high school and into college and planning a future with them?”
“Umm.” I caught the amusement on Theo’s face and then glared at my mother.“You told them?”
“I did no such thing. Fi is nosy and has a habit of listening to private conversations. I didn’t know she was hiding in the bathroom.”
“Fi knows?”
“I’m not a baby.” Fiona came alongside me.
“You’re still my baby sister.”
“I’m well aware of how sex works.” She rolled her eyes. “If you only knew half the things the good Greek girls do. It makes us Americans look like prudes.”
