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“Dad, what’s going on?” I ask looking at my father.
“If we could all take a seat I’ll let you know.”
I sit back down and Georgiou and Henry take the sofa opposite me.
Dad stands and rests on his cane for support as he wants to the center of the room.
We all stare at him and my breath hitches as I wait for him to speak.
“Over the last few weeks I’ve struggled to come to terms with the relationship you guys have. Then it hit me that it’s not for me to understand anything. It’s for me to meet you half way and see where we go from here.”
“What do you mean Donny?” Georgiou asks.
“I mean this: I want to know what your intentions are for my daughter. If you have none then this conversation is pointless. I’m doing this because I do think you have good intentions for her. A man doesn’t chase down a car with his bike and kill the asshole taking his girl, then jump in the river when her car plunges to the bottom to save her.” He looks at Georgiou as he says that. Then he looks at Henry. “A man doesn’t run into the line of fire to rescue his girl’s asshole father who promised to destroy him, and make sure he’s safe. A man doesn’t risk his life for a woman if he has no intentions to be with her. Am I right?”
When they both nod, I bring my hands together.
“That’s what I thought,” Dad adds. “But I need to know more. I was in love with Evie’s mother. I still am. She was it for me. To me she’s not dead. She’s in a fantasy of a dream waiting for me. I close my eyes and there she is. She’s always alive in my heart. She is my angel. If that’s the kind of love you feel for my girl then I can’t stand in the way. If it’s not and she’s just some fascination to the both of you that will fade then I can’t allow you to hurt her, because I know she loves you both.”
My eyes widen and I can’t believe what I’m hearing. I have that feeling like I just stepped into an alternate dimension again. But this is really happening before me.
“I love Evie, Donny and she is it for me. I’m not going to be with anybody else and any fascination I have with her is something I want forever,” Georgiou states shocking me. He looks at me first as he speaks then back to Dad.
Telling me he loved me was everything else sounded like a commitment. I never expected that.
“Me too,” Henry adds. “I loved Evie at first sight and I want forever with her too.”
Dad nods and he looks proud.
“That’s all I needed to hear. With that said any arrangement I have with Willian Reviello is off.”
I release the breath I’m holding. “Really Dad?” I mutter.
“Yes. I do, however, have one last stipulation.” He returns his focus back to the guys. “I want my daughter married and the man who marries her gets the empire. I still plan to go to Italy and I’d prefer to head there sooner rather than later. I think you both know the tradition of the company. It dictates who gets to marry her. Are you willing to do that?”
He looks at Georgiou because tradition dictates the company stays with someone of Italian blood.
“Yes,” Georgiou replies shocking me further.
“Then it is done,” Dad states. “And how you have your relationship is nobody’s business but your own. I accept you both.”
I stare at them all feeling elated.
I rush over to my father again for another hug then over to the guys.
I always felt like I belonged to them, but now they belong to me too.
