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It was all.
That was our creed. Something that had been drilled into us for a lifetime.
But with that creed came the realization that if I didn’t protect the boy who I’d never known about, he’d be in danger too.
“What’s that look on your face?”
Brennan’s question had me blinking at him. “Huh? Nothing.”
He narrowed his eyes at me. “What’s going on with you, Dec? I thought you’d be wicked pissed. That’s why I made sure to tell you on my own. Didn’t want you upsetting Ma.”
I scowled. “Why do you always think I’m going to upset Ma?”
His lips twitched. “Because you usually do.”
“Now you’re just pissing me off,” I growled.
“That’s what I do best.” His sage tone had me huffing, before he said, “I thought you’d be furious.”
I wasn’t.
That was the kicker.
I wasn’t furious, and I knew I should be.
I had a son.
And family was everything.
I should have been there for him, should have helped him grow, should have helped form him into the man he was going to be some day.
Instead, I’d had no input, but I got it.
I did.
And I was almost sad for the kid, because now?
He was going to be introduced into the life, and it wasn’t a good life.
I could admit that to myself.
I could admit it when I’d never thought a damn thing about what I did for a living before, because what I did was just the way of it.
As natural as night following day.
O’Donnellys worked for the family.
That was it.
How it worked.
Like clockwork.
My da had worked for his father, and his brothers had done the same—not that they were as smart as us, of course. But still. We’d turned the fam around, gotten us out of the penny-ante shit, and turned us into a corporation.
But that didn’t take away from the bones of what we were.
And I wasn’t sure if I wanted a kid of mine doing that, being involved in this crap.
